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Denis Kim (Денис Ким)

3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KIMD03

Denis Kim (Денис Ким) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at YJ Fest Moscow 2019, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 340th in Russia. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2018, he has put 70 official solves on the record across seven events. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.12 in May 2018 to 2.54, a 38% improvement. Denis has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.39
signature single · YJ Fest Moscow 2019
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×310.3914.09
top 8.6%340 / 6,475
2×22.544.36
top 9.3%304 / 4,782
Pyraminx6.699.22
top 25.4%878 / 3,777
Skewb6.909.17
top 32.9%531 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed27.6634.43
top 41.0%669 / 1,770
4×41:17.05
early days — 2 solves955 / 2,080
Square-142.751:08.53
top 68.6%472 / 759

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

YJ Fest 2018: 4.12MPEI Open 2018: 2.54YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 3.232.544.1218 May 201828 Jun 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.