People · Republic of Korea
Ian Kim
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022KIMI02
Ian Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.70, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 546th in Republic of Korea. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 112 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.69 in November 2022 to 10.70, a 27% improvement. Ian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.70 | 12.41 | top 9.6% | 546 / 4,352 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.64 | 30.13 | top 19.5% | 270 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 48.12 | 56.06 | top 22.3% | 395 / 1,308 | |
| 2×2 | 4.34 | 5.87 | top 30.9% | 919 / 2,319 | |
| Skewb | 7.02 | 10.10 | top 33.8% | 349 / 854 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.94 | 10.64 | top 35.7% | 530 / 1,271 | |
| Clock | 12.93 | 17.04 | top 39.3% | 260 / 536 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.22 | 2:03.09 | top 40.7% | 350 / 716 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 399 / 524 | |
| Square-1 | 44.65 | 1:02.28 | top 70.7% | 287 / 371 | |
| 7×7 | 6:59.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 228 / 254 | |
| 6×6 | 4:52.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 279 / 329 |
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 Nov 2022First competition: KAIST Fall 2022. A 14.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- King of Prussia Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Anyang Haseyo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- KAIST Fall 2022 · 20 Nov 2022
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.
- Carter Strouse — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Adam McLaughlin — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles Darrington — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.