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Woobin Hwang (황우빈)

3×3 · top 0.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023HWAN05

Woobin Hwang (황우빈) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.02, set at Korea Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Republic of Korea. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,113 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.46 in April 2023 to 6.02, a 69% improvement. Woobin has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.5% of 288,433 all-time
6.02
signature single · Korea Open 2026
1,113
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×36.028.84
top 0.5%35 / 4,390
Pyraminx2.184.32
top 1.5%33 / 1,294
4×427.7734.43
top 1.7%43 / 1,316
Skewb2.244.02
top 2.0%26 / 874
2×21.832.61
top 3.8%105 / 2,334
Megaminx47.6952.52
top 4.1%31 / 526
5×557.781:00.36
top 4.5%54 / 725
Square-110.7617.71
top 7.4%31 / 383
6×61:52.491:58.43
top 8.2%41 / 335
3×3 one-handed15.1918.40
top 8.6%119 / 981
7×72:55.153:01.24
top 9.3%38 / 256
Clock7.178.29
top 11.5%76 / 541
3×3 Fewest Moves62 moves—
early days — 1 solve170 / 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

Daegu Hot Spring 2023: 19.46Seoul Spring 2023: 15.75Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 13.60Suncheon Fall 2023: 11.47Korean Championship 2023: 12.29Seoul Open 2024: 9.50Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 9.69Busan Spring 2024: 10.70Korean Championship 2024: 10.49Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 10.53Cool Down Singapore 2024: 9.52Happy Suseong 2025: 9.84Daejeon Spring 2025: 8.49Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.26Suwon Summer 2025: 9.40Korea Open 2025: 9.09Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025: 8.01Uhseo Osong 2025: 9.52Korean Championship 2025: 8.09Seoul Winter 2026: 8.59Cube Camp in Jeju 2026: 8.64Guam Open 2026: 8.48Korea Open 2026: 6.02Okay Okcheon 2026: 7.926.0219.4615 Apr 202317 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.