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Ryan Seongmin Bae

3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015BAER05

Ryan Seongmin Bae has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.94, set at Korean Championship 2016, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,343rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2015, he has put 68 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.23 in December 2015 to 3.21, a 56% improvement. Ryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.94
signature single · Korean Championship 2016
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.9413.93
top 13.7%7,343 / 59,724
2×23.214.48
top 16.7%6,555 / 40,951
4×456.431:00.44
top 32.4%5,151 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.5811.59
top 41.2%11,815 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed34.0044.62
top 55.4%7,679 / 15,683

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

Sydney Summer 2015: 7.23Sydney Autumn 2016: 3.21Korean Championship 2016: 4.653.217.2319 Dec 201512 Aug 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 1.94 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.