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Kyuwon Kyung (경규원)

4×4 · top 2.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019KYUN01

Kyuwon Kyung (경규원) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.16, set at Korean Championship 2023, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in Republic of Korea. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2019, he has put 224 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.96 in August 2019 to 9.03, a 43% improvement. Kyuwon has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.3% of 83,917 all-time
29.16
signature single · Korean Championship 2023
224
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
4×429.1636.05
top 2.3%54 / 1,308
3×39.039.94
top 4.9%295 / 4,352
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31.00
top 6.2%14 / 173
5×51:02.031:09.00
top 6.6%71 / 716
2×22.703.83
top 10.9%320 / 2,319
6×62:12.862:26.71
top 16.8%78 / 329
Pyraminx5.6610.11
top 17.5%276 / 1,271
7×73:24.553:36.32
top 17.9%67 / 254
Megaminx1:24.641:36.15
top 24.7%170 / 524
3×3 one-handed25.0629.18
top 34.4%437 / 966
Clock13.8515.00
top 43.2%294 / 536
Square-135.5143.83
top 59.3%249 / 371
Skewb11.4814.43
top 63.4%575 / 854
3×3 blindfolded4:04.05—
early days — 1 solve170 / 217

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

Korean Championship 2019: 15.96ByeolLae Open 2020: 12.62KAIST Fall 2022: 10.03Korean Championship 2023: 9.75Seoul Open 2024: 9.98Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 9.03Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024: 9.50Osan Summer 2025: 9.109.0315.9616 Aug 201929 Jun 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.16 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.