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Olivia Kang

3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019KANG01

Olivia Kang has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.22, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023, puts her in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,012th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2019, she has put 309 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.05 in January 2019 to 9.22, a 43% improvement. Olivia has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.22
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023
309
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.2210.56
top 5.4%3,012 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.708.71
top 6.3%1,609 / 28,708
Skewb4.428.93
top 13.9%2,156 / 18,907
2×23.054.44
top 14.8%5,810 / 40,951
4×442.6646.16
top 15.3%2,309 / 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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 16.05Berkeley Spring 2019: 12.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 15.43Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 13.82Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 11.68Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 12.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022: 10.34Berkeley Summer 2023: 9.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 10.75Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 9.22Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 9.69Reno Mini 2023: 9.60Davis Winter 2024: 9.29Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 10.37Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 9.24Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 9.42Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 10.88EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025: 10.70Alameda County Fair 2026: 9.439.2216.0513 Jan 201927 Jun 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as she improves.