People · Republic of Korea
Junhyeok Choi (최준혁)
4×4 · top 1.7% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CHOI05
Junhyeok Choi (최준혁) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.87, set at Seoul Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Republic of Korea. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2022, he has put 355 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.37 in July 2022 to 1.55, a 35% improvement. Junhyeok has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 27.87 | 33.27 | top 1.7% | 44 / 1,308 | |
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 2.51 | top 2.4% | 71 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 | 7.76 | 9.30 | top 2.4% | 146 / 4,352 | |
| 7×7 | 2:33.84 | 2:39.44 | top 4.4% | 17 / 254 | |
| 6×6 | 1:43.64 | 1:56.64 | top 5.1% | 24 / 329 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.69 | 1:03.53 | top 5.9% | 64 / 716 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.51 | 17.53 | top 11.4% | 162 / 966 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.81 | 6.30 | top 12.0% | 187 / 1,271 | |
| Skewb | 4.50 | 5.30 | top 14.5% | 157 / 854 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.31 | 1:26.19 | top 17.6% | 124 / 524 | |
| Clock | 8.84 | 9.89 | top 19.1% | 136 / 536 | |
| Square-1 | 39.52 | 43.47 | top 64.8% | 270 / 371 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Seoul Spring 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Anyang Haseyo 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Seoul Winter 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.69 at Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024.
Competitions
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Please Minx Korea 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Anyang Haseyo 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Anyang Haseyo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ansan Spring 2023 · 26 Mar 2023
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Spring 2022 · 29 May 2022
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.87 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.