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Timotheus Kim
Pyraminx · top 3.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024KIMT11
Timotheus Kim has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at Apex Algs Again 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 883rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2024, he has put 129 official solves on the record across ten 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 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.14 in November 2024 to 9.43, a 57% improvement. Timotheus has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.92 | 4.56 | top 3.4% | 883 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 9.43 | 11.93 | top 5.9% | 3,282 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 5.58 | 8.58 | top 5.9% | 458 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.79 | top 8.7% | 3,422 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.50 | 23.12 | top 13.8% | 1,793 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.12 | 1:27.67 | top 20.0% | 1,369 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 50.46 | 53.44 | top 25.3% | 3,876 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 19.33 | 30.82 | top 26.4% | 1,733 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 8.89 | 13.98 | top 47.7% | 8,459 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.53 | 2:32.52 | top 53.3% | 4,490 / 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
- 23 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Apex Algs Again 2026.
- 23 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Apex Algs Again 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025.
- 24 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at Salem Cubikon 2025.
- 24 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Salem Cubikon 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.00 at Tacoma Winter 2025.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Apex Algs Again 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Salem Cubikon 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Slowcubin' 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 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.
- Mikael Zulueta — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Easan Peacock — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Rue Clippinger — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.