People · Australia
Aden Kim
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021KIMA01
Aden Kim has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.61, set at NSW State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 823rd in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2021, he has put 131 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.55 in May 2021 to 10.61, a 27% improvement. Aden has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 12.13 | top 9.3% | 823 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.86 | 21.61 | top 14.7% | 328 / 2,659 | |
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 4.88 | top 26.0% | 2,015 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.37 | 1:10.96 | top 42.2% | 1,123 / 3,051 |
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
- 9 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Simple Sydney Saturday 2023.
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at NSW Open 2022.
- 22 May 2021First competition: Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021. A 17.61 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 May 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.55 at Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021.
Competitions
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Simple Sydney Saturday 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Tinlin — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lachlan Camp — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.