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Kaitlyn Kim

3×3 · top 15.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012KIMK02

Kaitlyn Kim has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.42, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2017, puts her in the top 15.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,217th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since June 2012, she has put 169 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 32.90 in June 2012 to 12.42, a 62% improvement. Kaitlyn has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.42
signature single · Slow N Steady Spring 2017
169
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.4214.87
top 15.3%8,217 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed24.1026.56
top 31.8%4,123 / 15,683
4×456.131:03.44
top 32.1%5,094 / 19,072
5×51:48.442:02.77
top 41.5%3,361 / 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

River Hill Summer 2012: 32.90River Hill Winter 2013: 21.16Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 13.85River Hill Winter 2014: 14.25US Nationals 2014: 13.35River Hill Summer 2014: 13.32River Hill Winter 2015: 13.27River Hill Fall 2015: 13.21Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 16.67Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 12.42Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 14.1012.4232.9016 Jun 20121 Jul 2017

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.10 away.

Targets move as she improves.