People · Republic of Korea
Dan Kim
3×3 · top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KIMD04
Dan Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.56, set at Korean Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 370th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 150 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in April 2023 to 9.56, a 29% improvement. Dan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.56 | 11.68 | top 6.3% | 370 / 4,390 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 2.98 | top 7.7% | 220 / 2,334 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.40 | 6.38 | top 9.7% | 157 / 1,294 | |
| 4×4 | 39.80 | 46.82 | top 12.0% | 233 / 1,316 | |
| Square-1 | 14.71 | 19.47 | top 15.8% | 64 / 383 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.68 | 22.15 | top 17.0% | 246 / 981 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.40 | 1:21.65 | top 17.2% | 177 / 725 | |
| Skewb | 5.81 | 6.53 | top 24.4% | 249 / 874 | |
| 7×7 | 4:05.02 | 4:24.37 | top 32.7% | 114 / 256 |
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
- 15 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Daegu Hot Spring 2023. A 13.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Anyang Haseyo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Ansan Autumn 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Geunyeong Lee (이근영) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.