People · Republic of Korea
Taewoo Ha (하태우)
5×5 · top 3.7% of 40,792 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021HATA01
Taewoo Ha (하태우) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 56.00, set at Korean Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Republic of Korea. Until April 2012, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2021, he has put 134 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 5×5 best has come down from 1:21.20 in December 2021 to 56.00, a 31% improvement. Taewoo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 56.00 | 1:01.31 | top 3.7% | 45 / 716 | |
| 3×3 | 8.64 | 10.12 | top 4.0% | 239 / 4,352 | |
| 6×6 | 1:46.33 | 1:57.68 | top 5.9% | 27 / 329 | |
| 4×4 | 34.31 | 38.64 | top 6.1% | 137 / 1,308 | |
| 7×7 | 2:53.12 | 3:00.27 | top 8.7% | 35 / 254 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.93 | 1:26.69 | top 22.4% | 149 / 524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.83 | 28.41 | top 31.0% | 410 / 966 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Seoul Open 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hamchang Open 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Please Big Cubes Korea 2022.
- 29 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.97 at Korean Spring 2022.
- 29 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Korean Spring 2022.
- 18 Dec 2021First competition: Korean Championship Mini 2021. A 13.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hamchang Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Spring 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Championship Mini 2021 · 18 Dec 2021
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.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- MinGwan Yeo (여민관) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jang SeokWon (장석원) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 6.00 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.