People · Republic of Korea
Kyungtae Baek (백경태)
2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014BAEK02
Kyungtae Baek (백경태) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Korean Championship 2019, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2014, he has put 232 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.75 in December 2014 to 9.21, a 42% improvement. Kyungtae has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 3.53 | top 4.0% | 107 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 11.83 | top 5.4% | 319 / 4,352 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.91 | 21.50 | top 14.8% | 212 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 5.57 | 6.10 | top 22.5% | 230 / 854 | |
| 4×4 | 57.86 | 1:02.47 | top 34.1% | 596 / 1,308 |
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
- 30 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Korean CWR Style 2017.
- 30 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Good Cube Show Korea 2015.
- 24 Jan 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Happy Sheep Year 2015.
- 20 Dec 2014First competition: Korean Christmas Cup 2014. A 15.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korean Championship 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubedu Korea 2018 · 26 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Korean CWR Style 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2016 · 12 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Is Good 2016 · 22 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Good Cube Show Korea 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Happy Sheep Year 2015 · 24 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Christmas Cup 2014 · 20 Dec 2014 — 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.
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.