People · Republic of Korea
Minseok Kim
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014KIMM01
Minseok Kim has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.39, set at Ansan Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2014, he has put 58 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.49 in August 2014 to 8.39, a 27% improvement. Minseok has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.39 | 9.26 | top 3.5% | 209 / 4,352 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.35 | 22.82 | top 13.5% | 191 / 966 |
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
- 9 Oct 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Korean KAIST Style 2015.
- 30 Aug 2014First competition: Busan Summer 2014. A 11.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- We Laugh Pohanghang 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Ansan Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing SimCheong Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean KAIST Style 2015 · 9 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Busan Summer 2014 · 30 Aug 2014
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 11 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- JaeYoung Chun (천재영) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.