People · United States
Daniel Kim
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018KIMD01
Daniel Kim has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at SacCubing V 2018, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,579th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2018, he has put 102 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.17 in January 2018 to 8.90, a 20% improvement. Daniel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.90 | 10.97 | top 4.6% | 2,579 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.50 | 27.65 | top 16.4% | 2,126 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.54 | 7.16 | top 16.7% | 4,430 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.67 | 5.62 | top 22.3% | 8,750 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.13 | 7.31 | top 26.7% | 4,363 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 57.02 | 1:02.62 | top 33.1% | 5,287 / 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
- 25 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at SacCubing V 2018.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing V 2018.
- 24 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018First competition: SacCubing III 2018. A 11.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing V 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing IV 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing III 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
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.
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Paul Mahvi — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Littlejohn — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.