People · Republic of Korea
Semin Kwon (권세민)
4×4 · top 5.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014KWON01
Semin Kwon (권세민) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 33.92, set at Cubedu Korea 2018, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2014, he has put 214 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.25 in January 2014 to 9.62, a 47% improvement. Semin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 33.92 | 42.84 | top 5.8% | 125 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 | 9.62 | 11.90 | top 6.4% | 376 / 4,352 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.25 | 19.94 | top 6.6% | 89 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 4.64 | 7.88 | top 15.5% | 166 / 854 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.83 | 1:31.16 | top 19.8% | 193 / 716 | |
| 2×2 | 3.62 | 5.51 | top 21.7% | 644 / 2,319 | |
| Clock | 22.11 | 28.59 | top 70.3% | 439 / 536 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.27 | 14.27 | top 74.4% | 1,014 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:05.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 208 / 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
- 19 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at Korea Winter 2015.
- 9 Oct 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Korean KAIST Style 2015.
- 11 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Spring Comes 2015.
- 20 Sep 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at Thanks Cubing Day 2014.
- 12 Jan 2014First competition: Korea New Year 2014. A 18.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Play Cube X4 2019 · 11 May 2019
- Seoul Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019
- Play Cube 2018 · 13 May 2018
- Cubedu Korea 2018 · 26 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Play Cube 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Is Good 2016 · 22 May 2016
- Korea Winter 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean KAIST Style 2015 · 9 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Good Cube Show Korea 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Spring Comes 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- KAIST Fall 2014 · 27 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Christmas Cup 2014 · 20 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Thanks Cubing Day 2014 · 20 Sep 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Korea New Year 2014 · 12 Jan 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 39 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Doyul Kim (김도율) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Habin Kim (김하빈) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.92 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.