People · Republic of Korea
Minkyu Shin (신민규)
3×3 · top 0.48% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018SHIN08
Minkyu Shin (신민규) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.00, set at Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Republic of Korea. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2018, he has put 847 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.45 in May 2018 to 6.00, a 52% improvement. Minkyu has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.00 | 7.03 | top 0.48% | 34 / 4,352 | |
| 6×6 | 1:20.65 | 1:26.44 | top 0.66% | 4 / 329 | |
| 5×5 | 45.42 | 50.90 | top 0.73% | 11 / 716 | |
| 2×2 | 1.16 | 2.54 | top 0.92% | 22 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 26.04 | 29.02 | top 1.0% | 26 / 1,308 | |
| 7×7 | 2:07.54 | 2:10.96 | top 1.1% | 6 / 254 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.81 | 16.20 | top 2.8% | 35 / 966 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.34 | 7.77 | top 9.4% | 145 / 1,271 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.38 | 1:18.40 | top 14.7% | 101 / 524 | |
| Square-1 | 29.59 | 36.36 | top 48.6% | 214 / 371 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:25.25 | — | top 59.7% | 149 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Please Big Cubes Korea 2025.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Please Big Cubes Korea 2022.
- 12 Aug 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Seoul Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Cold Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022
- Cubing SimCheong Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Daegu Hot Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Korea 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 11 personal bests set
- Busan Winter 2018 · 16 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018
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 124 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 78 times
- Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — met in 104 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 20.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.