People · Republic of Korea
Taehoon Yoo
2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024YOOT01
Taehoon Yoo has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2024, he has put 689 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Taehoon has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.25 | 2.63 | top 1.2% | 28 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 | 7.06 | 8.41 | top 1.4% | 88 / 4,352 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.67 | 4.25 | top 2.6% | 49 / 1,271 | |
| Megaminx | 43.89 | 54.94 | top 2.7% | 20 / 524 | |
| 4×4 | 30.26 | 34.69 | top 3.0% | 64 / 1,308 | |
| Skewb | 2.69 | 6.47 | top 3.6% | 34 / 854 | |
| Clock | 6.92 | 8.05 | top 10.6% | 71 / 536 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.23 | 18.76 | top 10.8% | 158 / 966 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.50 | 1:18.46 | top 12.0% | 125 / 716 | |
| 6×6 | 2:21.94 | 2:30.53 | top 21.5% | 98 / 329 |
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 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at İstanbul Mid Summer 2025.
- 6 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at JCC & Q8speedcubing Nationals 2024.
- 5 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First competition: American School of Bahrain B 2024. A 10.32 3×3 single to start from.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 7.62 at American School of Bahrain B 2024.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Alexandria Open 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dubai American Academy Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- İstanbul Mid Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- JCC & Q8speedcubing Nationals 2024 · 6 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dubai Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- American School of Bahrain B 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Theodora Lynn Cha (차린) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Abdallah Belal Omar — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Armax Zander Guevara — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.