People · Republic of Korea
Minjae Kim (김민재)
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022KIMM02
Minjae Kim (김민재) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 229th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 134 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.27 in May 2022 to 8.55, a 30% improvement. Minjae has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.55 | 10.28 | top 3.8% | 229 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 38.88 | 42.94 | top 10.8% | 210 / 1,308 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 4.24 | top 10.9% | 320 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.92 | 25.17 | top 28.5% | 379 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 6.56 | 8.95 | top 30.2% | 308 / 854 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.94 | 1:46.86 | top 33.8% | 295 / 716 |
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
- 12 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 12 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Korean Championship 2022.
- 29 May 2022First competition: Korean Spring 2022. A 12.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Daegu 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing SimCheong Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Spring 2022 · 29 May 2022
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.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- DaYeong Kim (김다영) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.