People · United States
Claire Minha Kim
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022KIMC01
Claire Minha Kim has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023, puts her in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,193rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2022, she has put 136 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.99 in March 2022 to 10.06, a 23% improvement. Claire has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 12.39 | top 7.6% | 4,193 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 5.31 | top 9.6% | 2,499 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.20 | 3.99 | top 16.6% | 6,516 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.39 | 26.38 | top 27.1% | 3,496 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:32.94 | — | top 44.2% | 943 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.33 | 1:17.31 | top 49.1% | 8,220 / 19,072 |
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
- 1 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter A 2023.
- 19 Mar 2022First competition: Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022. A 12.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Slowcubin' 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 42 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Berkeley Winter A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022 · 22 May 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 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 her.
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke O. Brannon — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as she improves.