People · Republic of Korea
Woohyung Kang
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022KANG08
Woohyung Kang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Uhseo Osong 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 371st in Republic of Korea. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2022, he has put 91 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.09 in August 2022 to 9.59, a 44% improvement. Woohyung has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.59 | 11.52 | top 6.3% | 371 / 4,352 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 3.68 | top 12.0% | 354 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.51 | 29.77 | top 32.9% | 421 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 57.61 | 1:04.52 | top 33.9% | 591 / 1,308 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.02 | 12.20 | top 36.3% | 539 / 1,271 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Uhseo Osong 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Uhseo Osong 2025.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 20 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at KAIST Fall 2022.
- 12 Aug 2022First competition: Korean Championship 2022. A 17.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Uhseo Osong 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Daejeon Spring 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022
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.
- Yoochan Hong (홍유찬) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.