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Luke Kim

3×3 · top 30.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KIML04

Luke Kim has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.71, set at Washtenaw Mini 3 2024, puts him in the top 30.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,540th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 69 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.55 in August 2024 to 16.71, a 29% improvement. Luke has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.71
signature single · Washtenaw Mini 3 2024
69
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.7120.22
top 30.1%16,540 / 59,724
2×27.029.50
top 60.6%24,864 / 40,951

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

Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 23.55Michigan Mini 21 2024: 21.51Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 21.19Michigan Mini 22 2024: 22.41Washtenaw Summer 2024: 19.50Washtenaw Mini 2 2024: 18.27Michigan Mini 25 2024: 18.56Washtenaw Mini 3 2024: 16.71Washtenaw Winter 2025: 20.3816.7123.553 Aug 202425 Jan 2025

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.

  • Doug Li — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Elijah Layne — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Cole Shaft — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.