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Jaelen O. Kim

2×2 · top 26.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023KIMJ16

Jaelen O. Kim has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.99, set at Mill Creek 2023, puts him in the top 26.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,406th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since June 2023, he has put 84 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.33 in June 2023 to 21.51, an 18% improvement. Jaelen has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 26.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.99
signature single · Mill Creek 2023
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.996.51
top 26.4%10,406 / 40,951
3×321.5126.69
top 44.1%25,377 / 59,724
Pyraminx15.0318.46
top 81.9%24,209 / 28,708
Skewb16.8823.48
top 83.7%16,072 / 18,907

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

Mill Creek 2023: 26.33Spokane Summer 2023: 21.51Kent Summer 2023: 25.04Lucky Lynnwood 2023: 23.75SnoCo Veterans Day Weekend 2023: 34.19Tacoma Summer 2024: 30.10Kent Spring 2025: 26.6921.5134.1910 Jun 202331 May 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 10 Jun 2023First competition: Mill Creek 2023. A 26.33 3×3 single to start from.

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.