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Kim RaOn (김라온)

3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024RAON01

Kim RaOn (김라온) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.00, set at Hamoye Jinju 2026, puts her in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 288th in Republic of Korea. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2024, she has put 472 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.03 in April 2024 to 9.00, a 64% improvement. Kim has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.00
signature single · Hamoye Jinju 2026
472
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×39.0011.55
top 4.9%288 / 4,352
Pyraminx3.525.13
top 5.5%97 / 1,271
Megaminx1:00.241:07.62
top 10.1%68 / 524
2×22.804.49
top 12.0%354 / 2,319
4×444.3049.47
top 17.4%320 / 1,308
Clock9.4312.95
top 22.1%150 / 536
3×3 one-handed20.6225.80
top 22.2%304 / 966
5×51:26.791:32.69
top 24.7%230 / 716
Square-118.6824.55
top 25.0%112 / 371
Skewb6.9012.73
top 32.9%336 / 854
6×62:55.913:01.71
top 39.0%164 / 329
3×3 blindfolded2:18.06—
top 39.3%97 / 217
7×74:32.114:39.43
top 41.8%134 / 254
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves45.67
top 44.7%87 / 173
4×4 blindfolded13:12.00—
early days — 1 solve40 / 48
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 17:16—
early days — 1 solve63 / 74

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

Busan Spring 2024: 25.03Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 23.33Happy Suseong 2025: 20.84Daejeon Spring 2025: 19.83Korea Open 2025: 18.30We Laugh Pohanghang 2025: 12.85Uhseo Osong 2025: 12.86Seoul Winter 2026: 14.18Cube Camp in Jeju 2026: 10.59Anyang Haseyo 2026: 9.83Hamoye Jinju 2026: 9.00Uhseo Osong 2026: 10.56Seoul Summer 2026: 10.29Korea Open 2026: 11.499.0025.036 Apr 202415 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as she improves.