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Elias Kim

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KIME02

Elias Kim has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.63, set at Berkeley Fall 2023, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,106th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2023, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.25 in April 2023 to 10.63, a 38% improvement. Elias has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.63
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2023
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.6312.38
top 9.4%5,106 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed27.9331.18
top 41.8%5,603 / 15,683
2×26.498.46
top 55.9%22,850 / 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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 17.25Berkeley Fall 2023: 10.6310.6317.251 Apr 202318 Nov 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 2.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.