People · Republic of Korea
Sichan Joseph Lee
3×3 · top 0.78% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024LEES04
Sichan Joseph Lee has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.40, set at Stevenage March 2025, puts him in the top 0.78% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Republic of Korea. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since January 2024, he has put 516 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.01 in January 2024 to 6.40, a 51% improvement. Sichan has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.40 | 7.31 | top 0.78% | 57 / 4,390 | |
| 4×4 | 29.44 | 34.09 | top 2.6% | 57 / 1,316 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 3.23 | top 4.0% | 109 / 2,334 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.04 | 16.81 | top 6.2% | 86 / 981 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.47 | 7.08 | top 16.3% | 257 / 1,294 | |
| Square-1 | 17.62 | 23.38 | top 22.5% | 100 / 383 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.49 | 1:34.03 | top 25.4% | 237 / 725 |
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
- 23 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Autumn 2024.
- 1 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage Beginners September A 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Wakefield Summer 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First competition: Stevenage January 2024. A 14.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage September 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Manchester October 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Corby Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Autumn 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Beginners September A 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Felix Hincks — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.