People · Republic of Korea
Yoon Beom Kim (김윤범)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024BEOM01
Yoon Beom Kim (김윤범) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.00, set at Seoul Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 84th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2024, he has put 77 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.74 in June 2024 to 7.00, a 40% improvement. Yoon has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 7.00 | 8.77 | top 1.3% | 84 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 31.17 | 38.87 | top 3.6% | 75 / 1,308 | |
| Clock | 4.64 | 5.43 | top 3.6% | 17 / 536 | |
| 5×5 | 57.45 | 1:11.07 | top 4.3% | 49 / 716 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.86 | top 8.7% | 254 / 2,319 | |
| 6×6 | 2:25.15 | 2:30.05 | early days — 3 solves | 103 / 329 | |
| Square-1 | 44.60 | 50.19 | top 70.6% | 286 / 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
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Seoul Winter 2026.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.76 at Happy Suseong 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First competition: Korea Qualifier - Daegu B 2024. A 11.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seoul Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Qualifier - Daegu B 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
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.
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- SeungWoon Lee (이승운) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Geunyeong Lee (이근영) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.