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Elaine Kim

2×2 · top 37.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023KIME06

Elaine Kim has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.82, set at Oregon Championship 2023, puts her in the top 37.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,805th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, she has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. Elaine has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 37.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.82
signature single · Oregon Championship 2023
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.829.84
top 37.0%14,805 / 40,951
3×322.3628.07
top 46.4%26,805 / 59,724

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

Rose City 2023: 22.85Kent Spring 2023: 28.13Oregon Championship 2023: 28.75Oregon Championship 2024: 22.3622.3628.756 May 202313 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 6 May 2023First competition: Rose City 2023. A 22.85 3×3 single to start from.

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.36 away.

Targets move as she improves.