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People · Republic of Korea

Myeongguk Choi (최명국)

3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018CHOI19

Myeongguk Choi (최명국) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.81, set at Korean Championship 2019, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 566th in Republic of Korea. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2018, he has put 87 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in November 2018 to 10.81, a 20% improvement. Myeongguk has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.81
signature single · Korean Championship 2019
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×310.8111.82
top 9.9%566 / 4,352
Skewb3.885.34
top 10.1%107 / 854
2×22.724.09
top 11.1%326 / 2,319
4×441.6247.73
top 14.1%268 / 1,308
3×3 one-handed20.2226.15
top 21.1%295 / 966
3×3 blindfolded2:18.58
top 39.5%98 / 217
5×51:55.862:15.65
top 46.6%385 / 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

Cutory Autumn Open 2018: 13.44Busan Winter 2018: 13.04Cutory Blossom 2019: 11.76Korean Championship 2019: 10.8110.8113.4417 Nov 201816 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.