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SeungWoon Lee (이승운)

2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006SEUN02

SeungWoon Lee (이승운) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at Seoul Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 65 competitions since January 2006, he has put 1,805 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.18 in January 2006 to 7.80, a 76% improvement. SeungWoon has entered 65 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.53
signature single · Seoul Winter 2026
1,805
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×21.532.70
top 2.3%66 / 2,319
4×429.1436.82
top 2.3%53 / 1,308
3×37.809.28
top 2.4%152 / 4,352
3×3 one-handed11.7914.11
top 2.7%34 / 966
6×61:38.281:51.78
top 3.7%18 / 329
5×557.561:03.34
top 4.3%51 / 716
Megaminx51.4457.91
top 5.7%44 / 524
7×72:41.222:46.75
top 5.8%26 / 254
Square-111.4413.35
top 8.7%36 / 371
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves36.33
top 12.2%25 / 173
3×3 blindfolded59.691:32.07
top 13.0%35 / 217
Clock8.1810.85
top 16.1%114 / 536
Pyraminx8.7112.39
top 42.3%628 / 1,271
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 5 cubes · 30:29—
top 57.6%47 / 74
4×4 blindfolded11:24.00—
early days — 1 solve35 / 48

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

Korean Championship 2006: 33.18KCA Korea Open 2008: 11.11Seoul Cube Championship 2008: 12.27Korea Cube Championship 2009: 10.80Korea Cube Championship 2010: 12.61Korean Championship 2011: 13.27Cubing Korea Xmas Eve 2011: 9.93Cubing Korea December 2011: 10.55Cubing Korea New Years 2012: 10.56Cubing Korea January 2012: 11.05United States National Championships 2012: 10.58Korean Style 2013: 10.25Asian Championship 2014: 12.28Winter Cube Anniversary 2015: 10.99Spring Comes 2015: 10.90Good Cube Show Korea 2015: 10.78Korean KAIST Style 2015: 10.03Korea Winter 2015: 10.03Korean Championship 2016: 9.93Korean Spring Picnic 2017: 13.13Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 12.47Korean Championship 2023: 9.88Seoul Open 2024: 10.59Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 8.19Paradise Park NxNxN 2024: 10.43Busan Spring 2024: 9.93Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024: 10.32Katano Milky Way 2024: 9.76Korean Championship 2024: 8.80Brown Fall Seongnam 2024: 9.73Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 9.68Hamchang Winter 2024: 10.21Taiwan Championship 2024: 9.30Seoul Winter 2024: 10.18Happy Suseong 2025: 8.82Anyang Haseyo 2025: 8.33Paradise Park Bangkok NxNxN 2025: 9.92Tokai Spring 2025: 10.30Daejeon Spring 2025: 9.44Osan Summer 2025: 8.99We Laugh Pohanghang 2025: 8.40Uhseo Osong 2025: 7.80Taiwan Championship 2025: 9.19Korean Championship 2025: 8.77Seoul Winter 2026: 8.13Paradise Park Bangkok NxNxN 2026: 8.95Seoul Spring 2026: 8.33Anyang Haseyo 2026: 9.65Hamoye Jinju 2026: 9.51Uhseo Osong 2026: 10.12Taipei Cube Open 2026: 8.81Seoul Summer 2026: 8.69Korea Open 2026: 8.637.8033.1822 Jan 200615 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.