People · Republic of Korea
TaeHoon Eum (음태훈)
3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022EUMT01
TaeHoon Eum (음태훈) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Anyang Haseyo 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 265th in Republic of Korea. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 201 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.73 in May 2022 to 8.78, a 25% improvement. TaeHoon has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.78 | 11.59 | top 4.4% | 265 / 4,390 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 4.12 | top 7.2% | 204 / 2,334 | |
| Clock | 6.00 | 7.73 | top 7.2% | 47 / 541 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.58 | 9.44 | top 17.0% | 275 / 1,294 | |
| 4×4 | 45.82 | 50.70 | top 19.4% | 350 / 1,316 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.47 | 1:35.96 | top 25.3% | 174 / 526 | |
| Skewb | 7.33 | 11.30 | top 36.3% | 379 / 874 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.22 | 34.28 | top 37.5% | 485 / 981 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.53 | 2:05.77 | top 49.1% | 409 / 725 | |
| 6×6 | 3:26.90 | 4:17.47 | top 53.7% | 210 / 335 | |
| 7×7 | 6:06.59 | 6:21.09 | early days — 3 solves | 198 / 256 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.78 at Anyang Haseyo 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Anyang Haseyo 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Daegu Autumn 2024.
- 29 May 2022First competition: Korean Spring 2022. A 11.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Minx Korea 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Anyang Haseyo 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Daegu Autumn 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Daegu Cold Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Hot Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Spring 2022 · 29 May 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.
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jang SeokWon (장석원) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.