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Daniel Kim

3×3 · top 27.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016KIMD08

Daniel Kim has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.98, set at Princeton Fall 2016, puts him in the top 27.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,183rd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since June 2016, he has put 23 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.01 in June 2016 to 15.98, a 33% improvement. Daniel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 27.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.98
signature single · Princeton Fall 2016
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.9820.98
top 27.7%15,183 / 59,724
2×24.618.56
top 34.4%13,688 / 40,951
Square-137.431:01.85
top 62.0%4,090 / 6,743
4×41:34.12
early days — 2 solves11,783 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed52.43
early days — 2 solves11,615 / 15,683

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

Cube4Cam 2016: 24.01Princeton Fall 2016: 15.9815.9824.014 Jun 201622 Oct 2016

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.