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Jihu Im
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023IMJI01
Jihu Im has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Berkeley Winter 2024, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,597th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2023, he has put 201 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.38 in October 2023 to 8.91, a 38% improvement. Jihu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.91 | 11.22 | top 4.7% | 2,597 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.75 | 4.78 | top 6.5% | 1,667 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 3.79 | top 8.8% | 3,460 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.53 | 6.35 | top 14.7% | 2,294 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 42.71 | 50.39 | top 15.4% | 2,317 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 19.91 | 26.40 | top 27.8% | 1,830 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.88 | 1:41.79 | top 31.4% | 2,479 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.18 | 1:55.79 | top 39.4% | 2,837 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.67 | 31.82 | top 43.6% | 5,875 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 16.54 | 17.45 | top 53.8% | 4,446 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 3:55.00 | 4:09.50 | early days — 3 solves | 2,464 / 4,196 |
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 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.91 at Berkeley Winter 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2024.
- 14 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023. A 14.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 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.
- Rahul Bollini — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Nico Harper (李有為) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.