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Kihoon Kim (김기훈)

2×2 · top 20.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017KIMK03

Kihoon Kim (김기훈) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.48, set at Seoul Winter 2019, puts him in the top 20.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 602nd in Republic of Korea. Across 9 competitions since July 2017, he has put 147 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.78 in July 2017 to 13.88, a 22% improvement. Kihoon has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 20.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.48
signature single · Seoul Winter 2019
147
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×23.487.04
top 20.0%602 / 2,319
3×313.8816.24
top 20.5%1,117 / 4,352
4×459.991:14.94
top 36.5%626 / 1,308
3×3 one-handed28.3534.47
top 42.8%537 / 966
Pyraminx11.5320.99
top 64.2%892 / 1,271
5×52:41.812:45.35
top 71.2%557 / 716

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

Korean Championship 2017: 17.78CWR Fall 2017: 14.87CWR Winter 2018: 16.32Play Cube 2018: 14.80Korean Championship 2018: 18.37Busan Winter 2018: 14.99Korea Winter 2019: 16.46Seoul Winter 2019: 13.88Play Cube X4 2019: 14.9213.8818.3728 Jul 201711 May 2019

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.