People · Republic of Korea
Woohyun Son
2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SONW01
Woohyun Son has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at NZ North Island Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2023, he has put 108 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.51 in April 2023 to 15.92, a 63% improvement. Woohyun has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 1.66 | 5.26 | top 2.9% | 82 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 | 15.92 | 19.68 | top 27.5% | 1,484 / 4,352 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.69 | 9.55 | top 33.6% | 503 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.05 | 48.11 | top 65.3% | 735 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.01 | 1:51.76 | top 70.6% | 1,062 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.90 at New Zealand Nationals 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.19 at Drury Summer 2025.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Daegu Hot Spring 2023. A 42.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Drury Summer 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Richard Yiheng Tao — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brandon Harris — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuki Gao — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.