People · United States
KJ Kim
2×2 · top 22.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024KIMK08
KJ Kim has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.67, set at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,750th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since September 2024, he has put 111 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. KJ has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.67 | 8.17 | top 22.3% | 8,750 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 18.92 | 22.99 | top 36.9% | 20,753 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.02 | 12.48 | top 41.4% | 7,205 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.00 | 20.83 | top 67.2% | 19,864 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 2:03.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,566 / 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
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: Super Duper San Diego 2024. A 18.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Muhtasim Al-Farabi — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- August Barnard — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mason Farfan — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.