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Minchan Kim

2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016KIMM08

Minchan Kim has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Vancouver Select Winter 2018, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 877th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since October 2016, he has put 133 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.12 in October 2016 to 11.88, a 38% improvement. Minchan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.91
signature single · Vancouver Select Winter 2018
133
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.915.02
top 13.2%877 / 7,173
3×311.8814.50
top 13.5%1,283 / 10,392
Skewb6.7714.56
top 31.8%784 / 2,907
Pyraminx7.7011.21
top 33.7%1,508 / 4,858
4×459.971:11.20
top 36.4%965 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed31.4848.56
top 50.0%1,160 / 2,620

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

Vancouver Fall 2016: 19.12Vancouver Open Winter 2017: 15.96Vancouver Open Summer 2017: 16.67Vancouver Open Winter 2018: 13.25St. John's Spring Open 2018: 12.27Vancouver Select Winter 2018: 12.55UBC Open 2019: 11.8811.8819.1215 Oct 20165 Jan 2019

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.

  • Kenny Zhong — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Noah Stelting — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ken Smith — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.