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David Kim

3×3 · top 71.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2006 · 2006KIMD01

David Kim has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.63, set at Caltech Summer competition 2007, puts him in the top 71.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,277th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2006, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.82 in November 2006 to 35.63, a 21% improvement. David has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 71.4% of 284,439 all-time
35.63
signature single · Caltech Summer competition 2007
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×335.6337.42
top 71.4%43,277 / 59,724
2×210.1612.21
top 78.6%32,528 / 40,951

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

Caltech Fall competition 2006: 44.82Caltech Summer competition 2007: 35.6335.6344.8211 Nov 200625 Aug 2007

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.63 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.