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Sumin Chae (채수민)

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016CHAE01

Sumin Chae (채수민) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.59, set at Korean Championship 2018, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 127th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2016, he has put 190 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.73 in May 2016 to 7.59, a 55% improvement. Sumin has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.59
signature single · Korean Championship 2018
190
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×37.599.39
top 2.1%127 / 4,352
Skewb2.724.34
top 3.7%41 / 854
4×433.6740.02
top 5.5%116 / 1,308
2×22.473.81
top 8.6%246 / 2,319
3×3 one-handed17.6719.86
top 14.2%202 / 966
5×51:17.031:26.22
top 16.8%170 / 716
Pyraminx6.798.54
top 26.1%397 / 1,271

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

Cube Is Good 2016: 16.733x3x3 HanMaDang 2017: 12.72Korean Spring Picnic 2017: 11.25Play Cube 2017: 10.84CWR Fall 2017: 8.69Cubedu Korea 2018: 8.86Play Cube 2018: 8.38Korean Championship 2018: 7.59Seoul Winter 2019: 7.62Play Cube X4 2019: 8.927.5916.7322 May 201611 May 2019

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.