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Suhyeon Lee

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011LEES02

Suhyeon Lee has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at Daejeon Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 247th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since December 2011, he has put 569 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.84 in December 2011 to 8.69, a 41% improvement. Suhyeon has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.69
signature single · Daejeon Spring 2025
569
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×38.6910.18
top 4.2%247 / 4,352
5×51:00.721:07.03
top 5.9%65 / 716
4×434.4537.98
top 6.2%138 / 1,308
2×22.563.97
top 9.5%280 / 2,319
6×62:03.002:10.11
top 12.3%62 / 329
7×73:06.463:11.80
top 12.3%46 / 254
Megaminx1:09.921:20.74
top 15.6%107 / 524
Pyraminx6.047.61
top 20.3%322 / 1,271
3×3 one-handed21.1526.45
top 23.6%319 / 966
Skewb6.3210.17
top 28.3%288 / 854
Clock23.6328.40
top 73.9%451 / 536

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

Cubing Korea Xmas Eve 2011: 14.84Asian Championship 2012: 13.42Korean Style 2013: 10.91Kansai Open 2013: 11.86Good Cube Show Korea 2015: 10.62World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 10.40Korean KAIST Style 2015: 11.16Valentine in Daegu 2016: 10.46Busan Winter 2016: 11.17Korean Championship 2017: 11.33Korean CWR Style 2017: 11.23Korean Championship 2018: 8.78Korean Championship 2023: 10.54Korean Championship 2024: 9.94Daejeon Spring 2025: 8.69We Laugh Pohanghang 2025: 9.67Hamoye Jinju 2026: 9.95Uhseo Osong 2026: 10.78Korea Open 2026: 9.758.6914.8424 Dec 201115 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.