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Shin Myeong Park (박신명)

2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015MYEO01

Shin Myeong Park (박신명) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at Busan Winter 2018, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since October 2015, he has put 823 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.05 in October 2015 to 7.75, a 49% improvement. Shin has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.40
signature single · Busan Winter 2018
823
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×21.401.99
top 1.7%44 / 2,319
3×37.7510.04
top 2.4%142 / 4,352
4×433.7138.00
top 5.6%118 / 1,308
Megaminx52.1255.02
top 6.0%47 / 524
Square-110.5816.51
top 7.1%30 / 371
Pyraminx4.065.26
top 8.0%127 / 1,271
Skewb3.754.97
top 9.2%100 / 854
3×3 one-handed16.1419.77
top 10.5%156 / 966
5×51:09.621:17.34
top 11.3%118 / 716
6×62:28.072:42.48
top 24.6%110 / 329
7×73:47.393:59.18
top 26.2%92 / 254
3×3 blindfolded1:58.873:04.35
top 33.1%84 / 217
Clock15.1718.06
top 48.6%330 / 536
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
early days — 1 solve140 / 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

Korean KAIST Style 2015: 15.05Korea Winter 2015: 13.77Valentine in Daegu 2016: 11.80Jeonju Spring 2016: 12.71Cube Is Good 2016: 14.41Korean Championship 2016: 12.11Busan Winter 2016: 11.443x3x3 HanMaDang 2017: 11.99KAIST Spring 2017: 7.75Play Cube 2017: 12.96Korean Championship 2017: 10.81CWR Fall 2017: 9.62Korean CWR Style 2017: 8.39Cubedu Korea 2018: 11.04CWR Winter 2018: 10.90Korean Championship 2018: 10.19Cutory Autumn Open 2018: 9.27Busan Winter 2018: 9.18Cube Camp in Wonju 2019: 10.67Korean Championship 2019: 8.78Daegu Autumn Open 2019: 9.27Cubing Korea 2019: 8.78Korean Championship Mini 2021: 9.36Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.93Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 10.45Busan Spring 2024: 9.65Korea Qualifier - Daegu B 2024: 8.20Korean Championship 2025: 11.047.7515.059 Oct 201527 Dec 2025

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 0.40 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.