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Kim Dong-Young (김동영)

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2008 · 2008DONG02

Kim Dong-Young (김동영) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.47, set at Korean Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since January 2008, he has put 1,324 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.50 in January 2008 to 8.49, a 51% improvement. Kim has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.47
signature single · Korean Championship 2024
1,324
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×21.473.29
top 2.0%58 / 2,319
3×38.4910.31
top 3.7%223 / 4,352
4×433.4837.33
top 5.4%112 / 1,308
3×3 one-handed13.6017.34
top 5.4%73 / 966
5×51:02.661:12.01
top 7.0%76 / 716
Pyraminx5.778.67
top 18.3%293 / 1,271
Megaminx1:20.861:26.11
top 22.4%148 / 524
6×62:26.072:31.85
top 23.6%108 / 329
7×73:47.794:11.40
top 26.4%93 / 254
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves41.33
top 30.0%57 / 173
Skewb6.5610.59
top 30.2%308 / 854
3×3 blindfolded2:28.17—
top 42.7%107 / 217
Square-129.7333.78
top 48.9%216 / 371
Clock22.3625.83
top 71.0%443 / 536

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

KCA Korea Open 2008: 17.50Cheonan Cube Championship 2008: 18.31Busan Cube Championship 2008: 17.77Korea Cube Championship 2009: 16.46Korean Style 2013: 10.56Korea New Year 2014: 12.03Jeonju Spring 2016: 9.87Cube Is Good 2016: 11.54Korean Championship 2017: 11.43Play Cube 2018: 10.87Korean Championship 2018: 10.20WCA Asian Championship 2018: 10.19Siberian Athens 2018: 9.57Munich Open 2018: 10.74Independence Cube Day 2018: 9.67Longhorn Fall 2018: 10.57Busan Winter 2018: 10.54Korea Winter 2019: 12.64Seoul Winter 2019: 11.37Cutory Blossom 2019: 10.67Play Cube X4 2019: 9.20WCA World Championship 2019: 10.28Cube Camp in Wonju 2019: 11.82Daegu Autumn Open 2019: 11.00Korean Championship Mini 2021: 10.95Seoul Summer 2022: 8.78Korean Championship 2022: 11.02Daegu Hot Autumn 2022: 9.85KAIST Fall 2022: 10.28Seoul Spring 2023: 10.29Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.96Hamchang Open 2023: 10.44Taiwan Championship 2023: 8.92Korean Championship 2023: 9.26Seoul Open 2024: 10.45Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 10.10Fullerton Winter 2024: 9.73Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024: 10.54Korea Qualifier - Seoul C 2024: 10.31Ansan Summer 2024: 9.26Korean Championship 2024: 9.87Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024: 9.53Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 9.76Hamchang Winter 2024: 8.49Happy Suseong 2025: 8.78Anyang Haseyo 2025: 9.02Korea Newcomers PM 2025: 8.84Daejeon Spring 2025: 9.62Osan Summer 2025: 9.59Korea Open 2025: 8.78Korean Championship 2025: 9.848.4918.3120 Jan 200827 Dec 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.