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People · Republic of Korea

Kim Chan-Hyo (김찬효)

3×3 · top 20.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015CHAN28

Kim Chan-Hyo (김찬효) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.91, set at Busan Winter 2016, puts him in the top 20.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,125th in Republic of Korea. Across 22 competitions since October 2015, he has put 203 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.53 in October 2015 to 13.91, a 16% improvement. Kim has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.91
signature single · Busan Winter 2016
203
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×313.9116.24
top 20.6%1,125 / 4,352
4×454.621:04.87
top 30.3%532 / 1,308
Pyraminx7.549.47
top 32.4%490 / 1,271
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves41.67
top 33.6%63 / 173
3×3 one-handed25.7528.47
top 36.2%457 / 966
2×25.266.64
top 42.5%1,234 / 2,319
5×52:09.342:22.52
top 55.0%448 / 716
3×3 blindfolded3:27.956:20.61
top 60.4%151 / 217
6×64:30.865:09.13
top 74.9%265 / 329
Skewb17.2818.66
top 84.6%756 / 854
Megaminx3:46.344:25.87
top 87.5%477 / 524

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

Korean KAIST Style 2015: 16.53Korea Winter 2015: 15.92Valentine in Daegu 2016: 17.96Jeonju Spring 2016: 15.24Cube Is Good 2016: 18.34Korean Championship 2016: 15.78Busan Winter 2016: 13.913x3x3 HanMaDang 2017: 18.42Korean Spring Picnic 2017: 14.58Play Cube 2017: 17.17CWR Fall 2017: 15.11Cubedu Korea 2018: 14.63CWR Winter 2018: 17.0113.9118.429 Oct 201524 Feb 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.