People · Republic of Korea
Seongho Bae (배성호)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018BAED01
Seongho Bae (배성호) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.08, set at Korea Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Republic of Korea. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2018, he has put 229 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.31 in December 2018 to 7.27, a 45% improvement. Seongho has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 one-handed | 10.08 | 12.23 | top 1.1% | 17 / 966 | |
| 3×3 | 7.27 | 8.94 | top 1.7% | 103 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 32.45 | 38.06 | top 4.5% | 93 / 1,308 | |
| 2×2 | 2.04 | 3.89 | top 5.0% | 137 / 2,319 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.76 | 1:19.63 | top 12.9% | 134 / 716 | |
| 6×6 | 2:31.63 | 2:44.49 | top 26.4% | 117 / 329 | |
| 7×7 | 5:53.25 | 6:29.47 | early days — 3 solves | 189 / 254 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 15 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2024.
- 29 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Korean Spring 2022.
- 16 Dec 2018First competition: Busan Winter 2018. A 13.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- We Laugh Pohanghang 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Suncheon Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022
- Korean Spring 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Busan Winter 2018 · 16 Dec 2018
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.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jerry Hwang (황동욱) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.