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Koan Kyung
3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023KYUN01
Koan Kyung has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.35, set at Belmont Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,098th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2023, he has put 339 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.78 in May 2023 to 7.35, a 47% improvement. Koan 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.35 | 10.17 | top 1.8% | 1,098 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 4.32 | top 4.5% | 1,806 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.67 | 9.22 | top 23.3% | 3,774 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 9.36 | top 28.2% | 7,879 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 56.32 | 1:14.00 | top 32.4% | 5,205 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 28.07 | 38.78 | top 45.9% | 3,022 / 6,846 |
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
- 26 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Spring 2026.
- 13 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Berkeley Fall 2024.
- 6 May 2023First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023. A 13.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zerui Cheng (程泽睿) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Mitchell Lane — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.