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Jimin Kim (김지민)

Clock · top 6.8% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KIMJ07

Jimin Kim (김지민) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.86, set at Brown Fall Seongnam 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Republic of Korea. Until October 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2023, he has put 402 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.62 in April 2023 to 10.54, a 28% improvement. Jimin has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 6.8% of 32,048 all-time
5.86
signature single · Brown Fall Seongnam 2024
402
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
Clock5.868.41
top 6.8%45 / 536
3×310.5412.72
top 9.1%514 / 4,352
2×22.635.47
top 10.2%299 / 2,319
4×441.6450.54
top 14.1%269 / 1,308
5×51:20.451:37.64
top 19.5%191 / 716
3×3 blindfolded1:27.992:02.20
top 22.4%60 / 217
3×3 one-handed22.3226.77
top 26.9%359 / 966
Skewb8.3013.66
top 43.5%436 / 854
6×63:13.283:22.69
top 47.4%190 / 329
7×74:53.775:29.42
top 48.9%155 / 254
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 2 solves117 / 173
Pyraminx11.8819.12
top 66.4%917 / 1,271
4×4 blindfolded13:39.00—
early days — 2 solves42 / 48
Megaminx2:57.673:13.92
top 73.4%410 / 524
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 14:58—
early days — 3 solves61 / 74
Square-11:04.88—
early days — 3 solves338 / 371

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

Daegu Hot Spring 2023: 14.62Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 17.41Korean Championship 2023: 12.20Anyang Haseyo 2024: 14.31Korea Qualifier - Seoul A 2024: 13.84Brown Fall Seongnam 2024: 10.54Hamchang Winter 2024: 11.09Seoul Winter 2024: 12.18Anyang Haseyo 2025: 11.95Korea Newcomers PM 2025: 12.90Osan Summer 2025: 12.26Suwon Summer 2025: 13.06Korea Open 2025: 15.84Uhseo Osong 2025: 15.44Ansan Favorites 2026: 14.31Anyang Haseyo 2026: 12.33Seoul Summer 2026: 11.69Korea Open 2026: 14.2210.5417.4115 Apr 202315 Aug 2026

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-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.