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People · Republic of Korea

Ki Yeun Kim

3×3 · top 86.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008KIMK01

Ki Yeun Kim has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 50.88, set at New Albany 2012, puts her in the top 86.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,000th in Republic of Korea. Across 3 competitions since December 2008, she has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:54.01 in December 2008 to 50.88, a 55% improvement. Ki has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 86.6% of 284,439 all-time
50.88
signature single · New Albany 2012
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×350.881:00.52
top 86.6%4,000 / 4,352
2×221.7736.21
top 96.6%2,273 / 2,319

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

Carnegie Mellon Fall 2008: 1:54.01New Albany 2012: 50.8850.881:54.017 Dec 20082 Jun 2012

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 1.77 away.

Targets move as she improves.