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Photo: Netflix
Oh Hyun-min
Instructor
★ The Genius S3 runner-up · The Code winner
KAIST alum · "Jang-Oh Alliance" with Jang Dong-min
인간 계산기오산기어우오(어차피 우승은 오현민)
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A KAIST alumnus turned TV personality, Oh Hyun-min now teaches math at a cram school in Daejeon. In 2014 he was picked from about 3,100 civilian applicants for The Genius: Black Garnet, becoming the series' youngest player, and finished runner-up after forming the 'Jang-Oh alliance' with Jang Dong-min. Known as a 'human calculator' for his fast math and winning strategies, he also reached the top 3 of The Genius: Grand Final and won JTBC's Code: The Secret Room. Season 3 marks his return to a Jung Jong-yeon survival show after about 11 years, and a reunion with Jang Dong-min.
Did you know
- He was the youngest player in any season of The Genius when he joined Black Garnet.
- Commentators credit him with starting the trend of casting one early-20s college student on later survival shows.
- Dead Again is his seventh game survival show, after Black Garnet, Grand Final, Code, Accomplice, Treasure Hunt and No Exit Game Room.
- He is the fourth cram-school instructor to play a Jung Jong-yeon survival show, after Nam Hwi-jong, Kim Yoo-hyun and Kim Hee-jun.
- He belongs to the board-game circle 'Brain Full Throttle' with Seo Chul-gu, and met Seo (as dealer) and Kim Dong-jae (as a player) on No Exit Game Room.
- When Jang Dong-min ran a 'best opponent' bracket on a 2026 YouTube livestream, his final pick was Oh Hyun-min.
Survival show record
- 2014The Genius: Black Garnet (tvN, Season 3)★ Runner-up
The series' youngest player, he drove several main matches and lost the final 1-2 to Jang Dong-min.
- 2015The Genius: Grand Final (tvN, Season 4)Semifinal exit · top 3
Served as the brain of a large alliance from the start and lost the episode-11 semifinal death match at Twelve Janggi to Jang Dong-min.
- 2016Code: The Secret Room (JTBC)★ Winner
Was first to escape in five of the first eight episodes to take the first title, then won again with Han Seok-joon in the extended run.
- 2022Treasure Hunt (TVING)Team eliminated on day 1
His own team was eliminated on the first day.
Background
KAIST student; co-winner of campus event 'The Genius: KAIST'
That win led him to apply for Black Garnet, where he passed as the only finalist with a perfect written-test score.
Time Out (XTM)
A race variety show with Lee Sang-min and Eun Ji-won.
Game Show Yuhui Nakrak (SBS)
Accomplice (YouTube web series)
Drew attention for steering most of the other players with his persuasion.
Math instructor at a Daejeon cram school
No Exit Game Room, round 3 (YouTube / Wavve)
A board-game web series produced by Pani Bottle; he reached the three-player Winners' Match. Final result unconfirmed.