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Beom Joon Kim (김범준)

3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017KIMB03

Beom Joon Kim (김범준) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.18, set at Nisei Week 2017, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 457th in Republic of Korea. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2017, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.11 in February 2017 to 10.18, a 22% improvement. Beom has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.18
signature single · Nisei Week 2017
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×310.1811.47
top 8.0%457 / 4,352
2×22.663.24
top 10.5%310 / 2,319
3×3 one-handed19.9321.42
top 20.3%282 / 966
Skewb12.7517.29
top 69.6%635 / 854

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

Caltech Winter 2017: 13.11OCSEF Open 2017: 10.64Nisei Week 2017: 10.1810.1813.1125 Feb 201719 Aug 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Derek Hsieh — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Sean Saito — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Ryan Chu — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.