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Jacob Kim

3×3 · top 71.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010KIMJ02

Jacob Kim has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 36.00, set at Stanford Spring 2012, puts him in the top 71.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,597th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2010, he has put 14 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:11.00 in July 2010 to 36.00, a 49% improvement. Jacob has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 71.9% of 284,439 all-time
36.00
signature single · Stanford Spring 2012
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×336.0047.42
top 71.9%43,597 / 59,724

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

Berkeley Summer 2010: 1:11.00Stanford Spring 2011: 38.36Stanford Spring 2012: 36.0036.001:11.0011 Jul 20106 May 2012

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.