People · Republic of Korea
SeongYong Yoo (유성용)
Skewb · top 1.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022YOOS01
SeongYong Yoo (유성용) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.89, set at Happy Suseong 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Republic of Korea. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since May 2022, he has put 667 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 6.42 in July 2022 to 1.89, a 71% improvement. SeongYong has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.89 | 3.21 | top 1.1% | 14 / 854 | |
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 11.08 | top 6.1% | 360 / 4,352 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.35 | 1:10.60 | top 6.8% | 73 / 716 | |
| 4×4 | 35.30 | 43.08 | top 7.0% | 147 / 1,308 | |
| Clock | 6.24 | 7.48 | top 8.1% | 51 / 536 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 3.63 | top 8.1% | 230 / 2,319 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.13 | 7.26 | top 8.3% | 131 / 1,271 | |
| 7×7 | 3:06.37 | 3:32.17 | top 12.3% | 45 / 254 | |
| 6×6 | 2:05.54 | 2:14.55 | top 13.5% | 67 / 329 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.77 | 22.51 | top 17.2% | 245 / 966 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.76 | 1:32.36 | top 26.7% | 176 / 524 | |
| Square-1 | 23.11 | 46.64 | top 34.9% | 155 / 371 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 58 moves | 59.00 | early days — 3 solves | 163 / 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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Happy Suseong 2025.
- 15 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2024.
- 15 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Hamchang Open 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Hamchang Open 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Daejeon Spring 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hamchang Winter 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Autumn 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- FMC Korea Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Silent Korea Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Anyang Haseyo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Daegu Cold Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Hamchang Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Suncheon Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023
- Ansan Autumn 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Ansan Spring 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Daegu 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Daegu Hot Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Spring 2022 · 29 May 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.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 145 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.