Competitions · Republic of Korea

Korean Championship 2016

대전광역시 (Daejeon) · 12 August 2016 · 18 events · 193 competitors · 248 personal bests

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won four of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Yong Hyeon Jo (조용현) by 0.02 seconds. 193 competitors produced 248 personal bests, 84 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) set the 5×5 single continental record: 51.04.

Four wins

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.02s

closest final — Square-1, Yong Hyeon Jo (조용현) over Gang Yong-Jin

248

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	7.43	7.91
2×2	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	1.62	2.13
4×4	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	28.65	30.00
5×5	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	51.04	59.67
6×6	Yi Seung-Woo (이승우)	1:48.29	1:57.09
7×7	Yi Seung-Woo (이승우)	2:44.37	2:47.43
3×3 blindfolded	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	24.60	32.22
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	27 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Hyo-Min Seo (서효민)	11.35	12.13
Clock	Yunho Nam (남윤호)	4.88	6.41
Megaminx	Yu Da-Hyun (유다현)	37.31	42.87
Pyraminx	Doyul Kim (김도율)	3.72	4.39
Skewb	Jung Junhyuk	2.41	4.07
Square-1	Yong Hyeon Jo (조용현)	10.76	14.64
4×4 blindfolded	Ha Min Oh (오해민)	3:17.81	—
5×5 blindfolded	Yu Da-Hyun (유다현)	19:55.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	8 of 13 cubes · 58:18	—
3×3 with feet	Jimin Byeon (변지민)	32.36	35.93

The PB harvest

248 set · 84 still standing

Hyo-Min Seo (서효민) — 3×3 single 4.94: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
Yunho Nam (남윤호) — Clock single 4.88: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Myeong Hyeon Ung (명현웅) — Clock single 5.82: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 27 moves: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Se-jun Park — 3×3 single 10.33: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Hyung Chan Kim (김형찬) — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Hyeon Kyo Kyoung (경현교) — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Chang-Jae Lee — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

193 competitors · 956 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

193 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.