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People · Republic of Korea

Inchul Kim

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016KIMI01

Inchul Kim has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.83, set at Korean Championship 2018, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in Republic of Korea. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2016, he has put 48 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Inchul has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.83
signature single · Korean Championship 2018
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×38.8310.60
top 4.5%268 / 4,352
3×3 one-handed18.3019.45
top 15.9%227 / 966

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

Korean Championship 2016: 9.57Play Cube 2018: 9.79Korean Championship 2018: 8.83Cutory Autumn Open 2018: 10.45Korea Winter 2019: 9.968.8310.4512 Aug 201619 Jan 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.