People · Republic of Korea
Tae-Oh Kim (김태오)
3×3 · top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013KIMT01
Tae-Oh Kim (김태오) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.30, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,029th in Republic of Korea. Across 27 competitions since January 2013, he has put 443 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.15 in January 2013 to 13.30, a 43% improvement. He has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 13.30 | 17.22 | top 18.5% | 1,029 / 4,352 | |
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 5.17 | top 23.1% | 692 / 2,319 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.48 | 11.23 | top 23.7% | 369 / 1,271 | |
| Clock | 12.79 | 13.79 | top 38.7% | 258 / 536 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:24.91 | 5:53.15 | top 41.6% | 105 / 217 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.12 | 38.84 | top 46.9% | 587 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.29 | 1:21.47 | top 49.1% | 811 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 161 / 173 | |
| Skewb | 30.39 | 45.03 | top 97.2% | 839 / 854 |
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
- 28 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Korea 2019.
- 13 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at Daegu Autumn Open 2019.
- 13 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Daegu Autumn Open 2019.
- 20 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2018.
- 30 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Korean CWR Style 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.57 at CWR Fall 2017.
Competitions
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 2023
- Hamchang Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022
- Cubing SimCheong Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- ByeolLae Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- Cubing Korea 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Autumn Open 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Operating System Summer 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Play Cube X4 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cutory Blossom 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cutory Autumn Open 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CWR Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- Korean Championship 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Play Cube 2018 · 13 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CWR Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubedu Korea 2018 · 26 Jan 2018
- Korean CWR Style 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- CWR Fall 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Winter 2013 · 28 Dec 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Style 2013 · 5 Jan 2013
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.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead once
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.