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Nathan Kim
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022KIMN04
Nathan Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at Virginia Championship 2023, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,800th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2022, he has put 57 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.69 in July 2022 to 10.43, a 34% improvement. Nathan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.43 | 12.39 | top 8.7% | 4,800 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 6.29 | top 17.4% | 6,822 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,366 / 19,072 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.77 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 2 Jul 2022First competition: New York Championship 2022. A 15.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 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.
- Mason Kim — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Rich Tayag — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Hunter David Paige — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.