People · United States
Christopher Kim
Pyraminx · top 2.2% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022KIMC02
Christopher Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at GCU Spring 2023, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 579th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 408 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.00 in July 2022 to 7.82, a 29% improvement. Christopher has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.49 | 4.36 | top 2.2% | 579 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 7.82 | 9.37 | top 2.5% | 1,490 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.91 | 19.78 | top 10.1% | 1,352 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.08 | top 10.8% | 4,298 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 7.52 | 8.83 | top 12.9% | 1,011 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.37 | 1:26.09 | top 14.9% | 1,167 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 42.37 | 47.63 | top 15.0% | 2,284 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 16.03 | 18.94 | top 18.8% | 1,279 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 5.28 | 8.55 | top 20.4% | 3,285 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:31.02 | — | early days — 3 solves | 484 / 2,128 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.37 | 1:38.06 | top 29.2% | 2,078 / 8,026 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Catskills Summer 2026.
- 9 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026.
- 27 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 9 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Jay House of Cubes 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at GCU Spring 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Six personal bests in one day at Troy Story 2023.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Fall A 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Catskills Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Jay House of Cubes 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Carter Williams — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Kyle Meade — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.