People · United States
Sean Soohyun Kim
3×3 · top 24.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024KIMS12
Sean Soohyun Kim has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.96, set at NCSU Wolfpack 2025, puts him in the top 24.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,194th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since June 2024, he has put 213 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.23 in June 2024 to 14.96, a 41% improvement. Sean 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.96 | 17.30 | top 24.3% | 13,194 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 11.95 | 14.49 | top 34.7% | 2,743 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.75 | 40.18 | top 38.7% | 5,147 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.46 | 10.85 | top 40.2% | 11,505 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.26 | 6.26 | top 42.5% | 17,120 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 27.78 | 34.38 | top 45.1% | 2,938 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.49 | 2:16.04 | top 49.8% | 3,709 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 10.16 | 15.38 | top 55.9% | 10,159 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.52 | 1:27.66 | top 57.2% | 9,858 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:56.22 | 3:17.48 | top 76.8% | 6,894 / 9,401 |
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
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at NCSU Wolfpack 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at NCSU Wolfpack 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Charlotte Winter 2025.
- 10 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.80 at NCSU Wolfpack 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
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.
- Chase Pak — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rue Clippinger — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- William Vandergrift — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.96 away.
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.