Competitions · Republic of Korea

Korea Open 2026

전북특별자치도 전주시 (Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk-do) · 15 August 2026 · 13 events · 347 competitors · 501 personal bests

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Park Ji Won (박지원) by 0.04 seconds. 347 competitors produced 501 personal bests, 499 of which still stand today, and 64 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) set the 7×7 single national record: 1:35.31.

Four wins

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.04s

closest final — Square-1, Park Ji Won (박지원) over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

501

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhaokun Li (李昭昆)	4.92	5.53
2×2	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	1.17	1.56
4×4	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	21.11	23.12
5×5	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	35.03	37.36
6×6	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	1:07.40	1:09.36
7×7	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	1:35.31	1:40.67
3×3 blindfolded	Yeon Kyun Park (박연균)	18.55	—
3×3 one-handed	Yoochan Hong (홍유찬)	9.19	10.28
Clock	Noh HyunJin (노현진)	2.59	2.88
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	27.90	30.03
Pyraminx	Seo Jin Yang (양서진)	1.56	2.49
Skewb	Yeon Kyun Park (박연균)	1.52	2.18
Square-1	Park Ji Won (박지원)	6.17	8.21

The PB harvest

501 set · 499 still standing

Kim Minjong (김민종) — Clock single 3.00: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Eunho Hwang (황은호) — Skewb single 1.78: into the top 0.88% of the event's history.
Seo Jin Yang (양서진) — 2×2 single 1.18: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Seo Jin Yang (양서진) — Clock single 3.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Seo Jin Yang (양서진) — Skewb single 1.88: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Park Ji Won (박지원) — Skewb single 1.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Woobin Hwang (황우빈) — Pyraminx single 2.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Hyunmin Roh (노현민) — 2×2 single 1.35: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

64 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

347 competitors · 2569 results · 13 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. Zhaokun Li (李昭昆) won it with a 5.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

347 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.