People · Republic of Korea
Yijun Han
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017HANY05
Yijun Han has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.14, set at The Battle of Lexington 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 191st in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2017, he has put 460 official solves on the record across eight 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 39.11 in May 2017 to 8.14, a 79% improvement. Yijun has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.14 | 8.92 | top 3.0% | 191 / 4,352 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.37 | 17.24 | top 5.0% | 67 / 966 | |
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 3.88 | top 7.3% | 208 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 37.43 | 44.06 | top 9.2% | 180 / 1,308 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.18 | 9.36 | top 21.3% | 336 / 1,271 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.93 | 1:41.01 | top 33.0% | 288 / 716 | |
| Skewb | 9.44 | 13.33 | top 51.4% | 493 / 854 | |
| Square-1 | 58.81 | — | top 82.9% | 327 / 371 |
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
- 4 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Winter Warmup 2023.
- 12 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Fall 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Quabbin Summer 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at Quabbin Summer 2019.
- 24 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.01 at Hudson Valley Open 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Hudson Valley Open 2018.
Competitions
- The Battle of Concord 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Winter A 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Summer A 2021 · 31 Jul 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Quabbin Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017
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.
- Louis Meunier — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Evan Liu — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Derek White — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.