People · Republic of Korea
Woo Joo Lee
2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LEEW03
Woo Joo Lee has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2024, he has put 538 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.51 in March 2024 to 9.21, a 20% improvement. Woo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 1.63 | 2.96 | top 2.7% | 80 / 2,319 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.08 | 4.54 | top 3.9% | 71 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 11.04 | top 5.4% | 319 / 4,352 | |
| Skewb | 3.27 | 6.62 | top 6.4% | 66 / 854 | |
| 4×4 | 47.14 | 54.67 | top 21.0% | 377 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.12 | 28.15 | top 26.4% | 350 / 966 | |
| Clock | 10.69 | 11.46 | top 28.5% | 193 / 536 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.96 | 2:12.16 | top 37.5% | 246 / 524 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.60 | 2:41.72 | top 61.3% | 495 / 716 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Darmstadt Open 2026.
- 9 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025.
- 9 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in HD 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024. A 13.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hessen Open 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Darmstadt Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025 · 9 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hessen Mini Open 2024 · 10 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in HD 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024 · 23 Mar 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.
- Linh Son Luu — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Alexander Botz — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Dominik Beese — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.