People · Republic of Korea
Kim Taeyul (김태율)
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018TAEY01
Kim Taeyul (김태율) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at Brisbane Summer 2023, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 444th in Republic of Korea. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2018, he has put 176 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.84 in February 2018 to 10.11, a 75% improvement. Kim has entered 17 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 | 10.11 | 13.04 | top 7.8% | 444 / 4,352 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 35 / 173 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 5.67 | top 19.7% | 591 / 2,319 | |
| Skewb | 8.67 | 11.24 | top 46.2% | 448 / 854 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.01 | 1:28.61 | top 49.8% | 825 / 1,308 | |
| Square-1 | 31.35 | 38.33 | top 51.9% | 226 / 371 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.87 | 13.99 | top 59.6% | 841 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.76 | 48.22 | top 71.3% | 786 / 966 |
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
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 12.09 at Daegu Hot Autumn 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.09 at Daegu Hot Autumn 2022.
- 16 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019First sub-30 3×3: 24.58 at Cubing Operating System Summer 2019.
- 24 Feb 2018First competition: CWR Winter 2018. A 39.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Anyang Haseyo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023
- Ansan Spring 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Daegu 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Korea 2022 · 23 Oct 2022
- Daegu Hot Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Korea 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Wonju 2019 · 20 Jul 2019
- Cubing Operating System Summer 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019
- 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.
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.