People · Republic of Korea
Kim Taeun (김태운)
3×3 · top 16.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018TAEU01
Kim Taeun (김태운) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.84, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 16.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 947th in Republic of Korea. Across 16 competitions since February 2018, he has put 168 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.63 in February 2018 to 12.84, a 66% improvement. Kim has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 12.84 | 15.57 | top 16.9% | 947 / 4,352 | |
| 2×2 | 4.23 | 6.20 | top 29.5% | 876 / 2,319 | |
| Skewb | 6.79 | 13.60 | top 32.0% | 325 / 854 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.69 | 40.97 | top 50.5% | 613 / 966 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.07 | 15.12 | top 53.5% | 763 / 1,271 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.93 | 1:54.70 | top 54.2% | 888 / 1,308 | |
| Clock | 17.73 | 21.02 | top 57.9% | 378 / 536 | |
| Square-1 | 59.52 | 2:01.61 | top 83.4% | 329 / 371 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.06 | 3:45.23 | top 84.3% | 630 / 716 | |
| Megaminx | 5:10.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 521 / 524 |
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 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at Seoul Summer 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Seoul Summer 2022.
- 29 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.13 at Korean Spring 2022.
- 8 Jun 2019First sub-30 3×3: 25.09 at Cubing Operating System Summer 2019.
- 24 Feb 2018First competition: CWR Winter 2018. A 37.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023
- Ansan Spring 2023 · 26 Mar 2023
- Please Be Quiet Daegu 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Spring 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Korea 2019 · 28 Dec 2019
- Korean Championship 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Camp in Wonju 2019 · 20 Jul 2019
- Cubing Operating System Summer 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Korea Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Play Cube 2018 · 13 May 2018
- CWR Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018
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.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- DaYeong Kim (김다영) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.