People · United States
Kai Songyun Park
Clock · top 6.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022PARK10
Kai Songyun Park has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.80, set at Eugene Ice Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 515th in the United States. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2022, he has put 233 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.17 in May 2022 to 10.13, a 47% improvement. Kai 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.80 | 7.19 | top 6.6% | 515 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.77 | top 7.5% | 2,957 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.13 | 11.92 | top 7.8% | 4,321 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.44 | 5.08 | top 9.9% | 2,572 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.44 | 7.16 | top 14.0% | 2,187 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.96 | 23.53 | top 17.7% | 2,277 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 45.88 | 50.41 | top 19.4% | 2,948 / 19,072 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Eugene Cubing Spring 2025.
- 24 Feb 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Eugene Ice Cubing 2024.
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Eugene Cubing 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Eugene Cubing 2023.
- 20 May 2022First competition: Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022. A 19.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Sound Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Eugene Cubing Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eugene Ice Cubing 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Eugene Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022
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.
- Tripp Peters — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ezra Fish — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.