People · Republic of Korea
Joshua Kim
3×3 · top 9.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015KIMJ01
Joshua Kim has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.77, set at Irvine Winter 2018, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 571st in Republic of Korea. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2015, he has put 109 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.17 in February 2015 to 10.77, a 60% improvement. Joshua has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.77 | 13.97 | top 9.8% | 571 / 4,390 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 4.30 | top 15.2% | 460 / 2,334 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.05 | 1:16.05 | top 39.7% | 683 / 1,316 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.52 | 14.50 | top 49.2% | 726 / 1,294 |
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
- 11 Oct 2015First sub-20 3×3: 12.52 at Irvine Fall 2015.
- 11 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.52 at Irvine Fall 2015.
- 1 Feb 2015First competition: St. Francis Winter Open 2015. A 27.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Irvine Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- OCSEF Open 2017 · 23 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016
- Caltech Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
- Irvine Fall 2015 · 11 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- St. Francis Winter Open 2015 · 1 Feb 2015
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.
- Sean Saito — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Will Hamilton — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Chu — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.