People · United States
Samuel Kim
Clock · top 15.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023KIMS13
Samuel Kim has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 8.09, set at North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,192nd in the United States. Across 10 competitions since October 2023, he has put 145 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. Samuel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 8.09 | 9.63 | top 15.6% | 1,192 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 13.28 | 16.71 | top 18.4% | 9,863 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 5.37 | top 21.3% | 8,333 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 57.03 | 1:07.99 | top 33.1% | 5,290 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,657 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.50 | 43.91 | top 63.1% | 8,917 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.39 | 13.90 | top 63.3% | 18,640 / 28,708 |
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
- 14 Oct 2023First competition: Empire State Fall Favorites 2023. A 14.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Rochelle Night Favorites 2025 · 20 May 2025
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Winter 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
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.
- Cameron Lee — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Andy Simpson — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yusif Anaam — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.