People · Republic of Korea
Steve Kim
3×3 · top 34.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025KIMS02
Steve Kim has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.92, set at EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025, puts him in the top 34.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,808th in Republic of Korea. Across 5 competitions since February 2025, he has put 42 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.12 in February 2025 to 17.92, a 31% improvement. Steve has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.92 | 21.84 | top 34.0% | 1,808 / 4,390 | |
| 2×2 | 9.18 | 10.75 | top 74.4% | 1,907 / 2,334 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.92 at EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First competition: Berkeley Winter 2025. A 26.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
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.
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Calvin Nielson — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Seungmin Hong (홍승민) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.92 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 128,257 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.