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Dae San Kim

3×3 · top 42.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012KIMD02

Dae San Kim has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.73, set at Summit City Open 2015, puts him in the top 42.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,985th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since June 2012, he has put 83 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.00 in June 2012 to 20.73, a 68% improvement. Dae has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.0% of 284,439 all-time
20.73
signature single · Summit City Open 2015
83
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.7328.95
top 42.0%23,985 / 59,724
2×25.6310.66
top 46.8%18,956 / 40,951
4×42:53.14
top 95.7%18,387 / 19,072
Pyraminx30.6334.54
top 98.4%28,458 / 28,708

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

New Albany 2012: 1:05.00Dixon Open 2012: 48.44United States National Championships 2012: 52.06Dayton Fall 2012: 56.84Indiana 2013: 30.74Indiana 2014: 22.63Summit City Open 2015: 20.73Nisei Week 2015: 30.1820.731:05.002 Jun 201215 Aug 2015

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.

  • Young Kim — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Mike Hughey — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Nathan Dwyer — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.