Jaehyun Jeong Sets Both Asian 3x3 Fewest Moves Records
Jaehyun Jeong set Asian 3x3 Fewest Moves records of 17 moves and 19.33 at Silent Korea Open 2026 in Anyang, South Korea.
South Korea’s Jaehyun Jeong set both Asian 3x3 Fewest Moves records at Silent Korea Open 2026, recording a 17-move single and a 19.33-move mean in the first round. The World Cube Association lists both results as Asian records from the August 1–2 competition at Anyang Arts Center in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do. (worldcubeassociation.org)
The result put a major record performance inside a deliberately specialist event. Silent Korea Open had no standard timed 3x3 on its program; its four events were Fewest Moves, 4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5 Blindfolded, and Multi-Blind. The official competition page lists 39 competitors, making Jeong’s record set the clearest headline from a weekend designed around the sport’s quieter disciplines. (worldcubeassociation.org)
A 17, 20, 21 record set
Jeong’s three Fewest Moves results were 21, 17, and 20 moves. In this event, lower is better, so the 17 is his single-record solution. The mean uses all three attempts: their total of 58 moves gives the listed 19.33 average. (worldcubeassociation.org)
That combination is what makes the result a record double. A remarkable one-off solution can set a single record, but Jeong also had to keep the other two attempts close enough to establish the continental mean. His 20-move solution was only three moves above the record single, and even the 21-move attempt stayed low enough to preserve the sub-20 mean.
The published results also list Japan’s Hajime Miyazaki at 22.33 and China’s Yunke Zhang at 22.67. Against those listed means, Jeong’s 19.33 had a clear three-move gap to the closest result. (worldcubeassociation.org)
A record route built in a specialist competition
The competition’s format matters. Rather than mixing Fewest Moves into a broad schedule of timed events, Silent Korea Open focused entirely on events that reward planning, memorization, written accuracy, and concentration. Its WCA page identifies Fewest Moves as the lead event alongside the three blindfolded disciplines, and the 39-person field competed over two days at Anyang Arts Center. (worldcubeassociation.org)
Jeong’s WCA profile shows that this was not his first strong Fewest Moves result of the year. At Seoul Silent Shhpring 2026 in April, he recorded a 20.67 Korean national record mean from 21, 20, and 21-move attempts. The Anyang result took him below 20 for the first time in an official mean and added the Asian record labels to both result columns. (worldcubeassociation.org)
The sequence also illustrates why focused competitions are useful for specialist events. Fewest Moves competitors need a full hour of sustained analysis for every scramble; a schedule that is not competing with fast-turning rounds gives that work its own space rather than treating it as a side activity.
What 3x3 Fewest Moves measures
Fewest Moves is scored by the length of a written solution, not how quickly a competitor turns the cube. Under WCA Regulation E2, competitors receive a scrambled 3x3 and have 60 minutes to find and write a solution. At the end of the hour, the competitor submits one written solution; an incorrect solution is scored DNF. (worldcubeassociation.org)
That procedure explains the two record columns. A single is the shortest valid solution from one attempt, while a mean rewards repeatability over three attempts. Jeong’s 17-move solution set the lower individual benchmark, but the 19.33 mean shows that he also delivered two more solutions at 20 and 21 moves.
For a speedcuber used to a stackmat timer, the event is a useful change of perspective. A fast turning rate does not directly lower an FMC score. Competitors look instead for efficient blockbuilding, insertions, cancellations, and other ways to reduce the move count before committing a final written sequence.
Why the new Asian marks matter
The official result makes the news simple: Asia’s 3x3 Fewest Moves benchmarks are now 17 moves for a single and 19.33 moves for a mean, both held by Jeong. They are regional records, not a claim about the worldwide record, but they set a new reference point for competitors across the WCA’s Asian region. (worldcubeassociation.org)
For Jeong, the result combines a low single with a complete three-attempt performance—the distinction that separates an exceptional solution from a record-quality mean. For other Fewest Moves specialists, the 17, 20, 21 card gives a concrete target: not merely finding one brilliant sequence, but writing three efficient, correct solutions under official competition conditions.