People · United States
Kai Park
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016PARK01
Kai Park has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.12, set at Frankfurt Cube Days 2017, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,300th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2016, he has put 132 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% 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 12.58 in January 2016 to 10.12, a 20% improvement. Kai 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 | 10.12 | 12.63 | top 7.8% | 4,300 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 54.02 | 1:05.29 | top 29.6% | 4,627 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.30 | 4.82 | top 30.3% | 12,066 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.79 | 11.57 | top 43.0% | 12,317 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.75 | 31.41 | top 46.1% | 6,262 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.41 | 2:37.96 | top 61.7% | 5,319 / 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
- 28 Jan 2017Six personal bests in one day at Frankfurt Cube Days 2017.
- 16 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at Houston Cube Blast 2016.
- 2 Jan 2016First competition: South East Texas Open 2016. A 12.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Houston Cube Blast 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Dallas Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- South East Texas Open 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
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.
- Dylan Miller — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dawson Gonzalez — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jeff Park — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.