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Sungyun Kim (김성윤)

2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KIMS07

Sungyun Kim (김성윤) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Cutory Blossom 2019, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 272nd in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2018, he has put 89 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.73 in May 2018 to 11.36, a 17% improvement. Sungyun has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.54
signature single · Cutory Blossom 2019
89
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×22.544.00
top 9.3%272 / 2,319
3×311.3611.99
top 11.6%650 / 4,352
3×3 one-handed22.1026.94
top 26.3%349 / 966
4×451.7259.59
top 26.8%471 / 1,308
5×51:37.291:56.06
top 33.3%291 / 716

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

Play Cube 2018: 13.73Korean Championship 2018: 12.75Seoul Winter 2019: 11.36Cutory Blossom 2019: 11.5511.3613.7313 May 20186 Apr 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 13 May 2018First competition: Play Cube 2018. A 13.73 3×3 single to start from.

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.