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Kim Minjong (김민종)

Clock · top 0.75% of 32,048 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MINJ05

Kim Minjong (김민종) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at Korea Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Republic of Korea. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since August 2022, he has put 778 official solves on the record across eleven 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 26.34 in August 2022 to 7.55, a 71% improvement. Kim has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.75% of 32,048 all-time
3.00
signature single · Korea Open 2026
778
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
Clock3.004.01
top 0.75%5 / 536
2×21.262.55
top 1.2%30 / 2,319
3×37.558.91
top 2.1%119 / 4,352
Pyraminx3.175.11
top 4.2%75 / 1,271
Megaminx54.131:03.42
top 7.0%53 / 524
Skewb4.146.43
top 11.9%120 / 854
4×441.8250.01
top 14.3%273 / 1,308
3×3 one-handed20.1927.39
top 21.0%294 / 966
Square-117.7720.59
top 22.8%100 / 371
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves44.00
top 48.3%90 / 173
5×52:02.742:17.65
top 50.9%420 / 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 2022: 26.34Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 16.99Korean Championship 2023: 12.64Seoul Open 2024: 11.94Anyang Haseyo 2024: 12.77Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024: 11.00Korea Qualifier - Seoul B 2024: 9.78Ansan Summer 2024: 9.08Korean Championship 2024: 11.27Brown Fall Seongnam 2024: 12.63Hamchang Winter 2024: 9.20Seoul Winter 2024: 10.68Happy Suseong 2025: 9.89Korea Newcomers AM 2025: 9.98Daejeon Spring 2025: 10.79Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.66Korea Open 2025: 8.75Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025: 9.34Uhseo Osong 2025: 9.22Korean Championship 2025: 10.16Seoul Winter 2026: 8.29Ansan Favorites 2026: 9.68Cube Camp in Jeju 2026: 8.61Seoul Spring 2026: 9.13Uhseo Osong 2026: 8.58Seoul Summer 2026: 9.00Korea Open 2026: 7.557.5526.3412 Aug 202215 Aug 2026

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-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.