Competitions · Republic of Korea

KAIST Fall 2022

대전광역시 (Daejeon) · 20 November 2022 · 5 events · 113 competitors · 139 personal bests

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Yoochan Hong (홍유찬) by 0.22 seconds. 113 competitors produced 139 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yoochan Hong (홍유찬) set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 8.67.

Two wins

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — 3×3, 4×4

0.22s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Yoochan Hong (홍유찬) over Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)

139

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	5.98	6.51
4×4	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	20.40	24.92
3×3 one-handed	Yoochan Hong (홍유찬)	8.67	11.25
Megaminx	DongSoo Park (박동수)	33.64	37.28
Skewb	Yeon Kyun Park (박연균)	2.50	3.19

The PB harvest

139 set · 40 still standing

Jeongwon Park (박정원) — 3×3 single 7.89: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
DongHwan Im (임동환) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.66: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Lee UiJun — 3×3 single 8.82: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Kim Dong-Young (김동영) — 4×4 single 33.48: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Su-min Kim (김수민) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.68: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Choi Yeong-Jun — 4×4 single 34.53: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Changseok Yang — Skewb single 3.73: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Minhyeok Jeong — 3×3 single 10.69: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

113 competitors · 384 results · 5 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won it with a 6.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R' F' D B2 R F2 L2 F' D' L R2 F' B2 L2 D2 R2 D2 F2
2U2 R B' R2 U' L' B D' R' L' B2 L B2 U2 R2 L D2 B D2
3D' B2 U2 F U D2 L' U' B2 R F2 R2 D' F2 R2 U2 D' L2 B2 L2
4U2 B2 D F2 R2 D F2 D2 B2 R2 U' F' U2 L2 F2 L B U F R2
5U' R2 F' L2 U2 R2 B2 D2 U B2 L2 R' B' L F D2 U' L F'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

113 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.