People · Republic of Korea
YoungJin Noh (노영진)
Clock · top 0.69% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023NOHY01
YoungJin Noh (노영진) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.96, set at Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025, puts him in the top 0.69% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Republic of Korea. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2023, he has put 184 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.12 in April 2023 to 9.76, a 39% improvement. YoungJin has entered 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 2.96 | 3.62 | top 0.69% | 4 / 536 | |
| 3×3 | 9.76 | 11.93 | top 6.8% | 402 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 38.87 | 42.79 | top 10.8% | 209 / 1,308 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.97 | 1:32.77 | top 26.4% | 242 / 716 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.59 | 25.75 | top 33.1% | 424 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Anyang Haseyo 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Anyang Haseyo 2025.
- 7 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.13 at Seoul Spring 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Daegu Hot Spring 2023. A 16.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Seoul Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- Ansan Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Anyang Haseyo 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Brown Fall Seongnam 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024
- Korea Qualifier - Seoul A 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Anyang Haseyo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 2023
- Suncheon Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Geunyeong Lee (이근영) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Keunsoo Heo (허근수) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Hyunmin Roh (노현민) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.