People · Republic of Korea
Taerin Kim
3×3 · top 11.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022KIMT01
Taerin Kim has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.37, set at Suwon Summer 2025, puts her in the top 11.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 655th in Republic of Korea. Across 5 competitions since May 2022, she has put 25 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.82 in May 2022 to 11.37, a 36% improvement. Taerin 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 | 11.37 | 14.09 | top 11.7% | 655 / 4,352 |
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
- 7 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.70 at Seoul Spring 2023.
- 29 May 2022First competition: Korean Spring 2022. A 17.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022
- Seoul Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Spring 2022 · 29 May 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 her.
- Yul-Hok Sung (성열학) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Keunsoo Heo (허근수) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ilkyoo Choi (최일규) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as she improves.