People · United States
Matthew E. Kim
3×3 · top 19.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023KIMM01
Matthew E. Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.57, set at Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,648th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since January 2023, he has put 74 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.16 in January 2023 to 13.57, a 41% improvement. Matthew 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.57 | 17.02 | top 19.5% | 10,648 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 6.08 | top 22.0% | 8,729 / 41,674 |
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
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.57 at Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.17 at Lakewood Newcomers 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lakewood Newcomers 2024.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Lynnwood Winter 2023. A 23.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Central Washington Evens 2023 · 12 Mar 2023
- Lynnwood Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
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.
- Eli Kirk — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sonja Black — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Mark Cordell — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.