People · United States
Ian J. Kim
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024KIMI03
Ian J. Kim has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.78, set at New York Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,750th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2024, he has put 336 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.15 in May 2024 to 9.78, a 26% improvement. Ian has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.78 | 11.18 | top 6.9% | 3,750 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 3.84 | top 8.1% | 3,211 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 41.96 | 48.91 | top 14.5% | 2,160 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.32 | 1:32.40 | top 24.4% | 1,895 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.48 | 28.95 | top 32.8% | 4,285 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 3:12.32 | 3:22.29 | early days — 3 solves | 1,754 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 3:03.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,921 / 7,841 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at New York Championship 2024.
- 23 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024.
- 19 May 2024First competition: Wall Street Spring B 2024.
Competitions
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026 · 9 May 2026
- RIT Tiger Twist 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wall Street Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024
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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.