Competitions · Republic of Korea

KCA Korea Open 2008

Incheon · 20 January 2008 · 7 events · 115 competitors · 76 personal bests

Kim Hyung-Sub won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kyoungmin Choi (최경민) by 0.01 seconds. 115 competitors produced 76 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 68 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kim Hyung-Sub set the 4×4 single continental record: 49.91.

Three wins

Kim Hyung-Sub — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Kyoungmin Choi (최경민) over Kim Hyun-Gyum

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kim Hyung-Sub	12.09	13.32
2×2	Kyoungmin Choi (최경민)	3.96	5.19
4×4	Kim Hyung-Sub	49.91	59.46
5×5	Kim Hyung-Sub	1:56.05	2:10.22
3×3 blindfolded	Kim Kyung-Ho	2:57.21	—
3×3 one-handed	SeungWoon Lee (이승운)	19.02	22.60
3×3 with feet	Lee Jung-Hyun	1:02.02	1:18.28

The PB harvest

76 set · 39 still standing

Kim Hyung-Sub — 3×3 single 12.09: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Oh Yoon-Tae — 3×3 single 12.90: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
Jang Jun-Min — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Lee Sung-Ju — 3×3 single 14.31: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Kim Hyun-Gyum — 3×3 single 14.71: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Kim Hyung-Sub — 4×4 single 49.91: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
Kim Hyung-Sub — 2×2 single 4.08: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
Song Kwan-Sik (송관식) — 3×3 one-handed single 22.86: into the top 28.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

68 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 324 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

115 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.