People · United States
Joshua Kim
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019KIMJ05
Joshua Kim has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at Anaheim Winter B 2022, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,551st in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2019, he has put 176 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.47 in July 2019 to 9.62, a 48% improvement. Joshua 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 | 9.62 | 11.87 | top 6.4% | 3,551 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 38.65 | 44.78 | top 10.5% | 1,555 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.69 | 6.68 | top 11.3% | 2,950 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.77 | top 18.1% | 7,108 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.03 | 1:37.72 | top 25.0% | 1,943 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.77 | 25.44 | top 25.4% | 3,270 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.23 | 1:38.49 | top 28.3% | 1,963 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 11.42 | 12.10 | top 63.1% | 11,698 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Feb 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.62 at Anaheim Winter B 2022.
- 6 Feb 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Anaheim Winter B 2022.
- 27 Jul 2019First competition: Where's Loganville 2019. A 18.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Circle City Supercharged 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Geffen Spring 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Anaheim Winter B 2022 · 6 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Where's Loganville 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Franklin — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Isaac Nuon — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.