People · United States
Yeana Kim
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KIMY01
Yeana Kim has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023, puts her in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,242nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2018, she has put 191 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 10.89 in May 2018 to 7.57, a 30% improvement. Yeana has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 7.57 | 9.61 | top 2.1% | 1,242 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 36.98 | 40.32 | top 8.7% | 1,302 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.02 | 1:26.78 | top 16.1% | 1,248 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 4.51 | top 21.4% | 8,387 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.80 | 28.69 | top 36.3% | 4,797 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:59.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,351 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 10.05 | 12.44 | top 55.2% | 10,033 / 18,907 |
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
- 28 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.11 at Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019.
- 28 Sep 2019Five personal bests in one day at Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019.
- 12 May 2018First competition: Lower Moreland Spring 2018. A 10.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cumberland County Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022
- Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Fall Foliage Cubing 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lower Moreland Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018
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.
- Will Callan — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dana Yi — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Graham Lively — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.98 away.
Targets move as she improves.