Competitions · Republic of Korea

We Laugh Pohanghang 2025

경상북도 포항시 (Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do) · 14 September 2025 · 5 events · 128 competitors · 104 personal bests

Yoochan Hong (홍유찬) won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yoochan Hong (홍유찬) by 0.05 seconds. 128 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 6.73.

Two wins

Yoochan Hong (홍유찬) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

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

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yoochan Hong (홍유찬)	5.55	6.73
6×6	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	1:06.96	1:12.38
3×3 one-handed	Yoochan Hong (홍유찬)	8.58	9.04
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	27.61	31.32
Skewb	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	2.18	3.40

The PB harvest

104 set · 46 still standing

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — 3×3 one-handed single 6.73: into the top 0.043% of the event's history.
Juwhan Jung (정주환) — Megaminx single 35.21: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
SeokHun Choi (최석훈) — 3×3 single 7.19: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Chi-Uk Park — 3×3 single 7.42: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Hyunmin Roh (노현민) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.74: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Jude Michaels — 3×3 single 8.16: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Jerry Hwang (황동욱) — 6×6 single 1:40.61: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Jake Park — 3×3 single 8.76: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

128 competitors · 427 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. Yoochan Hong (홍유찬) won it with a 6.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

128 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.