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Beom San Kim (김범산)

3×3 · top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017KIMB02

Beom San Kim (김범산) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.35, set at Play Cube X4 2019, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Republic of Korea. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since February 2017, he has put 693 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.96 in February 2017 to 6.35, a 71% improvement. Beom has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time
6.35
signature single · Play Cube X4 2019
693
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×36.358.00
top 0.72%53 / 4,352
3×3 one-handed9.8912.44
top 0.98%16 / 966
4×426.7131.24
top 1.2%32 / 1,308
2×21.342.53
top 1.5%37 / 2,319
5×551.1756.25
top 2.1%27 / 716
Pyraminx3.384.82
top 5.0%83 / 1,271
Skewb3.054.37
top 5.2%57 / 854
6×61:46.661:53.96
top 6.0%29 / 329
7×72:58.483:07.47
top 10.2%39 / 254
Megaminx1:14.071:27.67
top 18.1%128 / 524
Clock12.7119.14
top 38.3%255 / 536

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

3x3x3 HanMaDang 2017: 21.96Korean Championship 2017: 11.27CWR Fall 2017: 10.40Cubedu Korea 2018: 9.44CWR Winter 2018: 10.15Play Cube 2018: 8.42Korean Championship 2018: 9.42Cutory Autumn Open 2018: 7.94Korea Winter 2019: 7.73Seoul Winter 2019: 7.46Cutory Blossom 2019: 7.71Play Cube X4 2019: 6.35Cubing Operating System Summer 2019: 7.70Cube Camp in Wonju 2019: 7.35Korean Championship 2019: 7.56Daegu Autumn Open 2019: 6.66Cubing Korea 2019: 7.24ByeolLae Open 2020: 7.33Korean Spring 2022: 6.51Seoul Summer 2022: 7.63Korean Championship 2022: 7.67Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.626.3521.9618 Feb 201712 Aug 2023

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.