People · Republic of Korea
Juwon Yeom (염주원)
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024YEOM01
Juwon Yeom (염주원) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.33, set at Suwon Summer 2025, puts her in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 339th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2024, she has put 69 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.79 in December 2024 to 9.33, a 32% improvement. Juwon has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.33 | 10.79 | top 5.7% | 339 / 4,352 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.34 | 9.26 | top 9.4% | 145 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.20 | 29.48 | top 23.8% | 323 / 966 | |
| 2×2 | 3.99 | 4.37 | top 26.4% | 795 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 57.81 | 1:12.54 | top 34.1% | 594 / 1,308 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.28 | 2:16.63 | top 38.3% | 251 / 524 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 44.67 | top 48.3% | 90 / 173 |
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
- 13 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Suwon Summer 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024First competition: Seoul Winter 2024. A 13.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Silent Korea Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Please Minx Korea 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Newcomers PM 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
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 her.
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as she improves.