People · United States
Jihan Kim
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024KIMJ38
Jihan Kim has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.17, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2025, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,387th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2024, he has put 76 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.58 in November 2024 to 10.17, a 25% improvement. Jihan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.17 | 14.89 | top 8.0% | 4,387 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.03 | top 9.4% | 3,709 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.36 | — | top 57.0% | 9,822 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.65 | 13.16 | top 65.0% | 19,206 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 3:05.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,257 / 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
- 22 Nov 2024First competition: Texas Championship 2024. A 16.24 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.58 at Texas Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Brazos Cubing Winter 2026 · 18 Jan 2026
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.