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Shane Kim
3×3 · top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KIMS01
Shane Kim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.88, set at San Antonio Fall 2025, puts him in the top 24.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,044th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since April 2022, he has put 139 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.17 in April 2022 to 14.88, a 61% improvement. Shane 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 | 14.88 | 17.16 | top 24.0% | 13,044 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.20 | 5.62 | top 29.1% | 11,527 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.94 | 1:36.52 | top 29.5% | 2,064 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 6.64 | 11.59 | top 30.8% | 5,085 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.39 | 47.61 | top 64.5% | 9,141 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.74 | 20.79 | top 80.9% | 23,928 / 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
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.83 at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.88 at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-30 3×3: 27.24 at Marshall Middle Slice 2022.
- 16 Apr 2022First competition: San Diego Spring 2022. A 38.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cozy Cubing Poway 2023 · 29 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bernardo Heights Sides Open 2022 · 25 Sep 2022
- Marshall Cubing September 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Spring 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
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.
- Lucas Wood — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tristan Patrick — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Pilat — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.88 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.