People · United States
Sean Kim
3×3 · top 0.56% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021KIMS01
Sean Kim has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.12, set at PBs in Palisades 2023, puts him in the top 0.56% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 380th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2021, he has put 148 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.48 in July 2021 to 6.12, an 18% improvement. Sean has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 6.12 | 7.58 | top 0.56% | 380 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 25.10 | 27.82 | top 0.74% | 126 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 48.47 | 58.58 | top 1.4% | 122 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.35 | 17.00 | top 5.0% | 719 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 3.74 | top 10.0% | 3,984 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.73 | 6.86 | top 11.6% | 3,060 / 29,168 |
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
- 15 Apr 2023Seven personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades 2023.
- 31 Jul 2021First competition: Empire State Summer A 2021. A 8.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Summer A 2021 · 31 Jul 2021 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Patrick Ponce — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alexei Sinyavin — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Samuel Fang — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.