People · Republic of Korea
JunJae Lim (임준재)
Pyraminx · top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LIMJ03
JunJae Lim (임준재) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at Please Minx Korea 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Republic of Korea. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since March 2023, he has put 649 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 12 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.35 in April 2023 to 8.79, a 46% improvement. JunJae has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.02 | 3.59 | top 1.2% | 23 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 | 8.79 | 12.92 | top 4.4% | 260 / 4,352 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 4.83 | top 5.6% | 155 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 37.38 | 44.59 | top 9.1% | 176 / 1,308 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.57 | 1:14.41 | top 11.3% | 117 / 716 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.31 | 22.25 | top 13.4% | 189 / 966 | |
| Clock | 7.72 | 8.60 | top 13.8% | 97 / 536 | |
| Skewb | 4.96 | 7.45 | top 17.8% | 186 / 854 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.29 | 1:38.94 | top 25.1% | 173 / 524 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.35 | 2:38.25 | top 27.8% | 126 / 329 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.05 | 4:17.42 | top 30.7% | 108 / 254 | |
| Square-1 | 41.88 | 59.60 | top 67.7% | 278 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Camp in Jeju 2026.
- 15 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 25 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Daejeon Spring 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Please Minx Korea 2025.
- 15 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Busan Spring 2024.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Uhseo Osong 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Cube Camp in Jeju 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Ansan Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Seoul Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Uhseo Osong 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Osan Summer 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Daejeon Spring 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Minx Korea 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Korea Newcomers AM 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Autumn 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ansan Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Busan Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Anyang Haseyo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Cold Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Ansan Spring 2023 · 26 Mar 2023
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.
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.