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Kim Eden (김이든)

3×3 · top 0.44% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024EDEN01

Kim Eden (김이든) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.91, set at Anyang Haseyo 2026, puts him in the top 0.44% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Republic of Korea. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since February 2024, he has put 787 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 14 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.82 in February 2024 to 5.91, a 77% improvement. Kim has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.44% of 284,439 all-time
5.91
signature single · Anyang Haseyo 2026
787
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×35.917.93
top 0.44%32 / 4,352
4×423.8428.12
top 0.46%10 / 1,308
Pyraminx2.683.82
top 2.7%50 / 1,271
3×3 one-handed11.9514.19
top 2.9%39 / 966
Megaminx45.3750.21
top 3.2%23 / 524
5×555.601:00.92
top 3.6%40 / 716
2×21.882.84
top 4.0%110 / 2,319
Clock5.196.82
top 4.9%31 / 536
6×61:50.421:58.50
top 7.3%32 / 329
7×72:49.723:08.71
top 7.8%32 / 254
Square-111.9015.97
top 9.7%38 / 371
Skewb3.976.18
top 10.7%112 / 854
3×3 blindfolded1:02.881:31.80
top 14.0%39 / 217
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves35.67
top 17.4%35 / 173
5×5 blindfolded15:16.00—
early days — 1 solve16 / 33
4×4 blindfolded10:05.00—
early days — 2 solves31 / 48
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 6 cubes · 39:52—
top 78.4%59 / 74

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

Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 25.82Busan Spring 2024: 21.64Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 15.78Happy Suseong 2025: 14.39Daejeon Spring 2025: 9.65Kansai Odd and BLD 2025: 11.77Osan Summer 2025: 11.19Korea Open 2025: 9.41We Laugh Pohanghang 2025: 10.80Uhseo Osong 2025: 9.48Seoul Winter 2026: 8.15Cube Camp in Jeju 2026: 9.15Guam Open 2026: 7.91Seoul Spring 2026: 7.77Anyang Haseyo 2026: 5.91Hamoye Jinju 2026: 7.43Uhseo Osong 2026: 7.25Seoul Summer 2026: 8.19Korea Open 2026: 6.895.9125.823 Feb 202415 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.