People · Republic of Korea
Steve Kim
3×3 · top 33.9% of 284,439 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 33.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,791st in Republic of Korea. Across 4 competitions since February 2025, he has put 32 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.12 in February 2025 to 17.92, a 31% improvement. Steve 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 | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.92 | 23.62 | top 33.9% | 1,791 / 4,352 | |
| 2×2 | 9.18 | 10.75 | top 74.4% | 1,894 / 2,319 |
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 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.
- Nolan Yiu — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Austin Chen — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Chang — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.92 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.