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Nicholas Y. Kim
Pyraminx · top 36.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025KIMN01
Nicholas Y. Kim has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.04, set at Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025, puts him in the top 36.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,348th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 18 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.10 in May 2025 to 26.94, a 27% improvement. Nicholas 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.04 | 12.34 | top 36.5% | 10,348 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 26.94 | 32.42 | top 56.7% | 33,490 / 59,724 |
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
- 26 Oct 2025First sub-30 3×3: 26.94 at ʻAiea Liʻi ʻOkakopa 2025.
- 31 May 2025First competition: Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025. A 37.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ʻAiea Liʻi ʻOkakopa 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025 · 16 Jul 2025
- Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025 · 31 May 2025
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.
- Steven Masayoshi Hirano — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Skyler Nguyen — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chris Martin — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.