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Ian Kim

2×2 · top 0.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KIMI05

Ian Kim has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.77, set at Seoul Summer 2026, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2024, he has put 693 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.75 in August 2024 to 6.39, a 76% improvement. Ian has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.2% of 186,767 all-time
0.77
signature single · Seoul Summer 2026
693
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.771.46
top 0.2%85 / 40,951
3×36.398.54
top 0.76%496 / 59,724
4×427.9936.24
top 1.8%298 / 19,072
Megaminx50.7458.85
top 5.4%382 / 7,841
Skewb3.574.44
top 8.2%1,264 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.195.52
top 8.6%2,216 / 28,708
5×51:10.071:17.48
top 11.6%902 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed16.9319.30
top 12.4%1,614 / 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

Brookline Favorites 2024: 26.75Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024: 20.30Quick in Quincy 2024: 19.74Loon Cubikon 2024: 13.24A Saturday in Ashfield 2024: 12.75The Battle of Lexington 2025: 13.92Fall River Cubikon 2025: 10.63Cambridge Cube Clash 2025: 13.71WPI Spring 2025: 10.10Saint John's Warm Up 2025: 10.44Suwon Summer 2025: 10.43Brookline Favorites III 2025: 9.21Fitchburg Fall 2025: 10.39Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025: 8.31Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 8.64Ipswich Fall 2025: 8.01The Battle of Concord MA 2026: 9.09Cube Against Cancer Boston 2026: 6.39Wakefield MA Spring 2026: 8.17WPI Spring 2026: 7.23Quabbin Spring 2026: 7.30Seoul Summer 2026: 9.17Brookline Favorites IV 2026: 7.966.3926.7531 Aug 202429 Aug 2026

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.

  • Derek White — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
  • Ethan Zhuang — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Justin Lee — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 31 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.