People · Republic of Korea
Kim Se-Hwan (김세환)
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022KIMS06
Kim Se-Hwan (김세환) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.33, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 68 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.74 in August 2022 to 7.33, a 16% improvement. Kim has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.33 | 9.28 | top 1.7% | 106 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 38.90 | 42.98 | top 10.8% | 211 / 1,308 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 5.08 | top 23.9% | 719 / 2,319 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.14 | 1:36.63 | top 28.2% | 251 / 716 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.39 | 1:37.50 | top 28.4% | 185 / 524 | |
| 7×7 | 4:21.44 | 4:37.42 | early days — 3 solves | 126 / 254 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.96 | 30.21 | top 39.3% | 500 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 3:02.47 | 3:12.85 | early days — 3 solves | 174 / 329 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Aug 2022First competition: Korean Championship 2022. A 8.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.