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Ian Kim

2×2 · top 14.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021KIMI01

Ian Kim has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.06, set at GA Cubers February A 2022, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,862nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since October 2021, he has put 104 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.91 in October 2021 to 12.66, a 36% improvement. Ian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.06
signature single · GA Cubers February A 2022
104
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.063.99
top 14.9%5,862 / 40,951
3×312.6614.11
top 16.2%8,706 / 59,724
Skewb4.818.33
top 16.7%2,641 / 18,907
Pyraminx6.3410.25
top 22.5%6,082 / 28,708
4×449.161:08.28
top 23.7%3,611 / 19,072
5×51:41.331:53.71
top 36.4%2,892 / 9,401
6×63:59.294:04.38
early days — 3 solves2,524 / 4,196
7×78:09.07
early days — 1 solve2,875 / 3,184

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

Cobb Cubes Comeback 2A 2021: 19.91GA Cubers Greetings 2022: 13.96GA Cubers February A 2022: 12.66Cobb Library Cubing A 2022: 14.2312.6619.9130 Oct 202123 Apr 2022

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.