People · United States
Ian Lee Kim
2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023KIMI01
Ian Lee Kim has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,253rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2023, he has put 323 official solves on the record across nine 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 27.06 in March 2023 to 9.64, a 64% improvement. Ian has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.73 | 3.43 | top 3.2% | 1,253 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.64 | 10.73 | top 6.5% | 3,571 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.04 | 6.68 | top 7.9% | 2,009 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.10 | 23.68 | top 26.3% | 3,403 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 52.99 | 57.53 | top 28.3% | 4,400 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 11.25 | 13.18 | top 31.4% | 2,460 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 7.98 | 14.09 | top 41.1% | 7,143 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 3:01.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,841 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:34.69 | — | top 87.4% | 8,137 / 9,401 |
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
- 23 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 8 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Aliso Niguel Summer 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.70 at Agoura Cubing 2023.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Agoura Cubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
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.
- August Barnard — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Shoji — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.