People · Republic of Korea
YouMin Shin (신유민)
Clock · top 6.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024SHIN09
YouMin Shin (신유민) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.68, set at Korea Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Republic of Korea. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 102 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.00 in January 2025 to 2.82, a 30% improvement. YouMin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.68 | 7.79 | top 6.2% | 38 / 536 | |
| 2×2 | 2.82 | 4.62 | top 12.2% | 360 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 | 14.69 | 18.55 | top 23.4% | 1,255 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.94 | 1:14.19 | top 38.6% | 661 / 1,308 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.67 | 2:24.42 | top 55.2% | 449 / 716 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.38 | 44.00 | top 61.4% | 700 / 966 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.69 at Happy Suseong 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Happy Suseong 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Happy Suseong 2025.
- 6 Apr 2024First competition: Busan Spring 2024. A 27.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Anyang Haseyo 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024
- Busan Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 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.
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Geunyeong Lee (이근영) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.