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Junseop Kim (김준섭)

Square-1 · top 0.36% of 25,272 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017KIMJ02

Junseop Kim (김준섭) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.27, set at Anyang Haseyo 2024, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Republic of Korea. Until October 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since February 2017, he has put 534 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in February 2017 to 8.01, a 40% improvement. Junseop has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.36% of 25,272 all-time
5.27
signature single · Anyang Haseyo 2024
534
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
Square-15.275.76
top 0.36%4 / 371
2×21.623.41
top 2.7%79 / 2,319
3×38.019.47
top 2.8%183 / 4,352
4×431.0637.56
top 3.5%73 / 1,308
3×3 one-handed12.4318.43
top 3.6%44 / 966
5×559.051:08.05
top 5.0%58 / 716
Pyraminx3.626.02
top 6.0%102 / 1,271
Megaminx55.201:01.71
top 7.5%56 / 524
Skewb3.575.98
top 8.2%86 / 854
6×62:25.772:37.07
top 23.5%107 / 329
Clock11.0512.34
top 30.3%202 / 536
7×74:31.924:47.81
early days — 3 solves133 / 254
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves46.33
early days — 3 solves126 / 173
3×3 blindfolded3:37.80—
early days — 2 solves156 / 217

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

3x3x3 HanMaDang 2017: 13.30Play Cube 2017: 16.12Korean Championship 2017: 11.48CWR Fall 2017: 11.96Korean CWR Style 2017: 8.80CWR Winter 2018: 9.96Play Cube 2018: 9.09Korean Championship 2018: 10.05Korea Winter 2019: 10.95Seoul Winter 2019: 9.78Cutory Blossom 2019: 10.26Cube Camp in Wonju 2019: 9.80Korean Championship 2019: 8.97Cubing Korea 2019: 9.65ByeolLae Open 2020: 8.25Seoul Summer 2022: 8.47Korean Championship 2022: 8.89Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.01Anyang Haseyo 2024: 8.808.0116.1218 Feb 20179 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.