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People · Republic of Korea

Yoo Seong-Min (유성민)

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010SEON01

Yoo Seong-Min (유성민) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Korea Winter 2015, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 214th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2010, he has put 186 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.72 in January 2010 to 8.42, a 28% improvement. Yoo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.42
signature single · Korea Winter 2015
186
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×38.4210.29
top 3.6%214 / 4,352
2×22.184.01
top 6.0%170 / 2,319
3×3 one-handed18.5920.31
top 16.6%239 / 966
4×445.2352.10
top 18.6%339 / 1,308
Pyraminx6.6812.23
top 25.3%387 / 1,271
5×51:48.481:51.85
top 41.5%355 / 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

Korea Cube Championship 2010: 11.72Thanks Cubing Day 2014: 9.10Korean Christmas Cup 2014: 10.10KAIST Fall 2014: 9.23Spring Comes 2015: 9.36Good Cube Show Korea 2015: 9.81Korea Winter 2015: 8.428.4211.7223 Jan 201019 Dec 2015

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.