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Tae-Yeong Baek (백태영)

3×3 · top 27.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006TAEY01

Tae-Yeong Baek (백태영) has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.90, set at Seoul Cube Championship 2008, puts him in the top 27.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,479th in Republic of Korea. Across 3 competitions since January 2006, he has put 44 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.48 in January 2006 to 15.90, a 29% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.4% of 284,439 all-time
15.90
signature single · Seoul Cube Championship 2008
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×315.9019.05
top 27.4%1,479 / 4,352
3×3 one-handed39.7447.99
top 64.9%734 / 966
4×41:37.091:55.75
top 68.7%1,044 / 1,308
2×212.06
top 84.5%2,078 / 2,319
5×53:35.46
top 87.5%647 / 716
3×3 blindfolded10:11.00
early days — 1 solve216 / 217

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

Korean Championship 2006: 22.48KCRC Championship 2007: 18.06Seoul Cube Championship 2008: 15.9015.9022.4822 Jan 200620 Sep 2008

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 9.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.