People · Republic of Korea
Taebin Kim (김태빈)
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022KIMT05
Taebin Kim (김태빈) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Korea Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 84th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2022, he has put 360 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.87 in September 2022 to 8.55, a 52% improvement. Taebin has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 3.27 | top 3.0% | 84 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 | 8.55 | 11.48 | top 3.8% | 229 / 4,352 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.35 | 24.13 | top 18.8% | 263 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 45.47 | 47.16 | top 18.9% | 344 / 1,308 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.90 | 8.42 | top 19.2% | 307 / 1,271 | |
| Skewb | 8.05 | 12.03 | top 41.7% | 414 / 854 | |
| Clock | 16.01 | 21.30 | top 51.9% | 354 / 536 | |
| Square-1 | 1:10.53 | — | early days — 3 solves | 345 / 371 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Busan Spring 2024.
- 20 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at KAIST Fall 2022.
- 29 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.09 at Cubing SimCheong Open 2022.
- 29 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing SimCheong Open 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022First competition: Daegu Hot Autumn 2022. A 17.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Daejeon Spring 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Anyang Haseyo 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024
- Busan Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall Fest 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Summer Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Pride 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- BC Spring Solving B 2023 · 22 May 2023
- Cubing on Par A 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing SimCheong Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Daegu Hot Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
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.
- Jerry Hwang (황동욱) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.