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Lee Kyeong-Sub (이경섭)

2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010KYEO01

Lee Kyeong-Sub (이경섭) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Korean Winter 2013, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2010, he has put 373 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.06 in January 2010 to 1.70, a 66% improvement. Lee has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.70
signature single · Korean Winter 2013
373
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×21.702.34
top 3.1%88 / 2,319
3×3 one-handed15.7019.11
top 9.6%137 / 966
3×310.8512.85
top 10.0%574 / 4,352
Pyraminx5.335.89
top 15.3%240 / 1,271
4×444.3951.38
top 17.5%323 / 1,308
5×51:35.301:48.35
top 31.7%282 / 716
Square-129.6443.50
top 48.7%215 / 371
Skewb9.8820.38
top 54.2%515 / 854
3×3 blindfolded3:15.74
early days — 2 solves140 / 217
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
early days — 1 solve126 / 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: 5.06Korean Championship 2011: 2.52Cubing Korea New Years 2012: 3.13Cubing Korea January 2012: 2.81Korean Style 2013: 1.78Korean Winter 2013: 1.70Korea New Year 2014: 1.76Korean Christmas Cup 2014: 2.18Korea Winter 2015: 1.75Korean Championship 2018: 1.98Play Cube X4 2019: 2.09Korean Championship 2022: 2.271.705.0623 Jan 201012 Aug 2022

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.