People · Australia
Marcus Kim
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022KIMM03
Marcus Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.52, set at Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 565th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2022, he has put 187 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.05 in June 2022 to 9.52, a 21% improvement. Marcus has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.52 | 11.81 | top 6.2% | 565 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 5.10 | top 7.0% | 529 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.10 | 1:07.20 | top 36.6% | 971 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.73 | 34.74 | top 38.7% | 894 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 905 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.03 | 17.61 | top 81.9% | 5,013 / 5,993 | |
| Clock | 31.33 | 37.82 | top 86.0% | 934 / 1,095 | |
| Megaminx | 3:50.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,201 / 1,277 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024.
- 5 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at North Sydney Cube Day 2023.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: NSW Open 2022. A 12.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Saturday 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Even Better Sydney Gathering 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 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.
- Gavin Chung — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Caleb Clark — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elias Chong — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.