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Eric Kwak

3×3 · top 64.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2004 · 2004KWAK01

Eric Kwak has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.31, set at Caltech Fall competition 2004, puts him in the top 64.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38,816th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2004, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.35 in January 2004 to 31.31, a 22% improvement. Eric has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 64.8% of 284,439 all-time
31.31
signature single · Caltech Fall competition 2004
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×331.3137.16
top 64.8%38,816 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:16.972:37.78
top 91.5%14,053 / 15,683

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 Winter competition 2004: 40.35Caltech Spring competition 2004: 31.98US Nationals 2004: 32.54Caltech Fall competition 2004: 31.31Caltech Spring competition 2005: 33.7631.3140.3524 Jan 200416 Apr 2005

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 1.31 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 16.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.