Competitions · Republic of Korea

Korea Newcomers PM 2025

서울특별시 (Seoul) · 8 March 2025 · 2 events · 178 competitors · 71 personal bests

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won the 3×3 with a 6.21 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) by 0.46 seconds. 178 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 74 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) set the 2×2 average national record: 1.34.

events decided

0.46s

closest final — 2×2, Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) over Lee Seong Vin (이성빈)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	5.15	6.21
2×2	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	0.91	1.34

The PB harvest

71 set · 37 still standing

Yongjun Dan (단용준) — 3×3 single 5.87: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Lee Seong Vin (이성빈) — 2×2 single 1.37: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Yijun Kim (김이준) — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
DongKeon Lee (이동건) — 3×3 single 8.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Minsoo Seo (서민수) — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Haim Lee (이하임) — 3×3 single 8.96: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Hyunseo Kim (김현서) — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Yoon JiSung — 3×3 single 9.91: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

74 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

178 competitors · 300 results · 2 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 6.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

178 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.