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Kim Hyung-Sub

3×3 · top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006HYUN01

Kim Hyung-Sub has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.09, set at KCA Korea Open 2008, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 798th in Republic of Korea. Across 5 competitions since January 2006, he has put 121 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.03 in January 2006 to 12.09, a 60% improvement. Kim has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.09
signature single · KCA Korea Open 2008
121
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×312.0913.32
top 14.2%798 / 4,352
4×449.9158.28
top 24.6%436 / 1,308
2×24.085.78
top 27.5%828 / 2,319
3×3 one-handed24.1625.26
top 31.9%417 / 966
5×51:56.052:10.22
top 46.8%386 / 716

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 Championship 2006: 30.03KCRC Championship 2007: 13.63KCRC Busan competition 2007: 13.22KCA Korea Open 2008: 12.0912.0930.0322 Jan 200620 Jan 2008

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.

  • Son Seul-Gi — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Lee Jae-Yong — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Oh Yoon-Tae — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 17 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.