People · Republic of Korea
Min-Je Song (송민제)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.89% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016SONG03
Min-Je Song (송민제) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.75, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 0.89% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Republic of Korea. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2016, he has put 349 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.13 in April 2016 to 8.18, a 49% improvement. He has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.75 | 12.55 | top 0.89% | 13 / 966 | |
| 3×3 | 8.18 | 8.82 | top 3.1% | 196 / 4,352 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.28 | 5.63 | top 4.6% | 80 / 1,271 | |
| Skewb | 3.64 | 7.64 | top 8.6% | 91 / 854 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 3.54 | top 12.3% | 364 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 44.08 | 52.28 | top 17.2% | 313 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 41 / 173 | |
| Square-1 | 16.89 | 22.44 | top 20.7% | 87 / 371 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.35 | 1:38.78 | top 29.2% | 262 / 716 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:11.31 | — | early days — 3 solves | 91 / 217 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.90 | 3:20.65 | top 46.2% | 184 / 329 | |
| 7×7 | 4:55.24 | — | early days — 3 solves | 159 / 254 | |
| Clock | 15.59 | 18.28 | top 50.2% | 340 / 536 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.65 | 2:21.64 | top 52.0% | 325 / 524 |
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
- 18 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at Korean Championship Mini 2021.
- 28 Jul 2017Eight personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2017.
- 9 Apr 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at KAIST Spring 2017.
- 12 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.49 at Korean Championship 2016.
- 12 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016First competition: Jeonju Spring 2016. A 16.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship Mini 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- CWR Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CWR Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Korean CWR Style 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CWR Fall 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- KAIST Spring 2017 · 9 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- 3x3x3 HanMaDang 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2016 · 12 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Jeonju Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
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 57 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.