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Lee Jin-Hyung (이진형)

3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010JINH01

Lee Jin-Hyung (이진형) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Korean Winter 2013, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 343rd in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2010, he has put 216 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.83 in January 2010 to 9.36, a 27% improvement. Lee has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.36
signature single · Korean Winter 2013
216
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×39.3610.50
top 5.7%343 / 4,352
Pyraminx4.7711.89
top 11.8%186 / 1,271
3×3 blindfolded1:06.66
top 15.2%43 / 217
2×23.254.83
top 17.2%521 / 2,319
Clock13.3318.98
top 41.0%277 / 536
3×3 one-handed27.9031.37
top 41.7%529 / 966
Megaminx1:53.832:17.70
top 42.5%272 / 524
Square-126.8334.56
top 43.1%196 / 371
5×52:00.402:08.68
top 49.5%404 / 716
4×41:39.58
early days — 2 solves1,060 / 1,308
3×3 Fewest Moves59 moves
early days — 1 solve165 / 173

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

Korea Cube Championship 2010: 12.83Korean Championship 2011: 12.03Cubing Korea Xmas Eve 2011: 9.69Cubing Korea December 2011: 11.66Cubing Korea New Years 2012: 10.22Cubing Korea January 2012: 11.00Korean Style 2013: 11.21Korean Winter 2013: 9.36Korea New Year 2014: 11.419.3612.8323 Jan 201012 Jan 2014

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.