People · United States
Kyle Ji
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023JIKY01
Kyle Ji has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.90, set at UMBC Fall 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 771st in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2023, he has put 313 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.02 in February 2023 to 6.90, a 51% improvement. Kyle has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.90 | 8.44 | top 1.2% | 771 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 32.81 | 39.99 | top 4.9% | 770 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.74 | top 10.4% | 4,135 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.48 | 1:24.02 | top 15.0% | 1,176 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 2:21.76 | 2:34.58 | top 21.5% | 771 / 4,262 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.86 | 12.78 | top 26.7% | 7,428 / 29,168 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First competition: Pretzel Mania 2023. A 16.64 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.41 at Pretzel Mania 2023.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Panashe Sharma — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Stone Payne — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kobe Balin — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.