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Max Dajung Kim
2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022KIMM09
Max Dajung Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,422nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2022, he has put 169 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 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.14 in October 2022 to 14.23, a 65% improvement. Max has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 2.48 | 6.01 | top 8.7% | 3,422 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.23 | 16.54 | top 21.8% | 11,785 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 13.50 | top 22.1% | 5,956 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.06 | 1:22.40 | top 55.1% | 9,433 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.03 | 2:21.32 | top 58.8% | 5,017 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 19.49 | 26.44 | top 88.9% | 17,108 / 18,907 |
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
- 30 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.45 at OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024.
- 30 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 22 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 26.51 at Texarkana Winter 2022.
- 10 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Texarkana Winter 2022.
Competitions
- Hillister Cube Hustle 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Texarkana Winter 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cowbell Cubing 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Casey Ngo — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Wanger II — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.