People · Republic of Korea
Won Jae Choi (최원재)
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024CHOI04
Won Jae Choi (최원재) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.12, set at Korea Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2024, he has put 346 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 11.95 in April 2024 to 4.20, a 65% improvement. Won has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.12 | 12.90 | top 3.0% | 188 / 4,352 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.20 | 5.76 | top 8.7% | 134 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 51.95 | 1:14.16 | top 10.6% | 31 / 217 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 3.92 | top 13.0% | 390 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 41.28 | 46.74 | top 13.6% | 254 / 1,308 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.40 | 1:24.37 | top 14.1% | 148 / 716 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.41 | 1:20.49 | top 14.1% | 96 / 524 | |
| Clock | 7.97 | 10.27 | top 15.1% | 103 / 536 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.51 | 27.50 | top 16.4% | 234 / 966 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 5:23.70 | 7:05.13 | top 24.9% | 19 / 48 | |
| 7×7 | 3:45.76 | 4:00.57 | top 25.6% | 90 / 254 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 11:31.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 10 / 33 | |
| Skewb | 6.17 | 9.07 | top 27.1% | 268 / 854 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.09 | 2:49.22 | top 27.7% | 125 / 329 | |
| Square-1 | 24.10 | 30.98 | top 37.0% | 170 / 371 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 49.00 | top 48.3% | 90 / 173 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Cube Camp in Jeju 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Seoul Winter 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Uhseo Osong 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 8.12 at Korea Open 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.12 at Korea Open 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
Competitions
- Silent Korea Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Silent Shhpring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Cube Camp in Jeju 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Uhseo Osong 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Please Minx Korea 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Daegu Autumn 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Busan Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Daegu Cold Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 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.
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- YongGeal Lee (이용걸) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.