People · Republic of Korea
Youngsub Lee
2×2 · top 7.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019LEEY04
Youngsub Lee has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Seoul Spring 2023, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2019, he has put 131 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.78 in May 2019 to 9.96, a 47% improvement. Youngsub has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 3.64 | top 7.3% | 209 / 2,334 | |
| 3×3 | 9.96 | 11.82 | top 7.4% | 433 / 4,390 | |
| 4×4 | 42.13 | 53.23 | top 14.7% | 283 / 1,316 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.03 | 27.29 | top 15.2% | 220 / 981 | |
| Square-1 | 19.37 | 22.12 | top 26.5% | 124 / 383 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.16 | 17.27 | top 68.2% | 950 / 1,294 | |
| Skewb | 20.64 | 23.96 | top 90.6% | 808 / 874 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 58 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 163 / 173 |
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
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Seoul Winter 2024.
- 14 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.06 at Waco Cube Assembly 2019.
- 18 May 2019First competition: Lone Star Cubing 2019. A 18.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ansan Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025
- Silent Korea Winter 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023
- Wellington Mind Games 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Austin Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Waco Cube Assembly 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lone Star Cubing 2019 · 18 May 2019
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.
- Davis Pogor — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yeeun Park (박예은) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.