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Sang-Hyun Kim

3×3 · top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015KIMS02

Sang-Hyun Kim has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.74, set at Hamilton Spring 2015, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 271st in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since September 2015, he has put 249 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.74
signature single · Hamilton Spring 2015
249
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×311.7413.96
top 13.0%271 / 2,095
2×23.214.35
top 16.7%309 / 1,615
Pyraminx5.628.88
top 17.2%245 / 1,141
4×446.5356.54
top 20.2%147 / 722
Skewb7.1711.95
top 35.0%264 / 666
5×52:14.962:32.85
top 58.1%201 / 355
Megaminx2:48.80
early days — 1 solve221 / 283
Clock25.7728.97
top 78.1%262 / 303
Square-153.611:13.36
top 79.2%213 / 251

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

Hamilton Spring 2015: 11.74New Zealand Nationals 2015: 12.90Hamilton Winter 2016: 12.97New Zealand Nationals 2016: 13.31SNZ Northern 2018: 14.35New Zealand Nationals 2018: 12.0411.7414.3527 Sep 201514 Dec 2018

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.