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Chris Kim
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023KIMC01
Chris Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.22, set at Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 500th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 98 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.19 in March 2023 to 9.22, a 24% improvement. Chris 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.22 | 11.78 | top 5.4% | 500 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 4.27 | top 21.4% | 1,643 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.09 | 27.77 | top 29.0% | 659 / 2,659 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.62 | 10.98 | top 50.0% | 2,825 / 5,993 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.48 | — | top 62.9% | 812 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.79 | — | top 67.1% | 943 / 1,356 |
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
- 14 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.22 at Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024.
- 5 Mar 2023First competition: North Sydney Cube Day 2023. A 13.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Lachlan Cooke — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Liam Highducheck — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Peri Le Dain — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.