People · Republic of Korea
Taehu Kim (김태후)
2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024KIMT09
Taehu Kim (김태후) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Korea Open 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 246th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2024, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.24 in September 2024 to 2.47, a 53% improvement. Taehu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 2.47 | 4.29 | top 8.6% | 246 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 | 11.20 | 13.50 | top 11.1% | 627 / 4,352 | |
| Clock | 8.83 | 14.30 | top 19.1% | 135 / 536 | |
| 4×4 | 58.91 | 1:03.69 | top 35.3% | 613 / 1,308 |
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, 2×2. 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.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Brown Fall Seongnam 2024. A 12.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Brown Fall Seongnam 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
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.
- SunEum Yum (염선음) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- JeongWon Jung (정정원) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.