People · Republic of Korea
Seojin Bahng (방서진)
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022BAHN01
Seojin Bahng (방서진) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.20, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 461st in Republic of Korea. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2022, he has put 68 official solves on the record across six events. His Square-1 best has come down from 17.76 in July 2022 to 14.81, a 17% improvement. Seojin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.20 | 11.08 | top 8.0% | 461 / 4,352 | |
| Square-1 | 14.81 | 16.98 | top 16.0% | 66 / 371 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 5.15 | top 18.7% | 562 / 2,319 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.04 | 1:38.07 | top 23.3% | 218 / 716 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.42 | 9.42 | top 39.9% | 590 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 56 moves | 59.33 | early days — 3 solves | 160 / 173 |
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, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Seoul Summer 2022. A 11.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ansan Spring 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Korea 2022 · 23 Oct 2022
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Jihun Yang (양지훈) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- SeungO Han (한승오) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- MinGwan Yeo (여민관) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 2.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.