People · United States
Adam Kim
3×3 · top 7.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011KIMA01
Adam Kim has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.05, set at Harvard Fall 2012, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,258th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2011, he has put 109 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.34 in September 2011 to 10.05, a 34% improvement. Adam has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.05 | 14.04 | top 7.6% | 4,258 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 54.49 | 57.87 | top 30.2% | 4,795 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 5.74 | top 35.7% | 14,487 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.52 | 36.58 | top 47.9% | 6,617 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.61 | 2:19.17 | top 58.1% | 5,031 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 31.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 28,948 / 29,168 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Oct 2012Four personal bests in one day at Harvard Fall 2012.
- 8 Sep 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Yale Fall 2012.
- 8 Sep 2012Four personal bests in one day at Yale Fall 2012.
- 10 Sep 2011First competition: Yale Fall 2011. A 15.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Yale Fall 2012 · 8 Sep 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Yale Fall 2011 · 10 Sep 2011
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 DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Rowe Hessler — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tim Reynolds — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Donahue — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 21,117 people have one; it is 4.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.