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Yeong Jae Kim (김영재)

2×2 · top 19.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014KIMY01

Yeong Jae Kim (김영재) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.40, set at Korean Championship 2016, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 572nd in Republic of Korea. Across 6 competitions since August 2014, he has put 127 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.10 in August 2014 to 14.96, a 56% improvement. Yeong has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.40
signature single · Korean Championship 2016
127
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×23.405.29
top 19.0%572 / 2,319
3×314.9617.36
top 24.3%1,308 / 4,352
Pyraminx7.2611.66
top 30.0%450 / 1,271
Skewb8.0513.13
top 41.7%414 / 854
4×41:14.841:36.27
top 51.4%848 / 1,308
Clock22.1023.67
top 70.3%438 / 536

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

Busan Summer 2014: 34.10Thanks Cubing Day 2014: 29.76Korean KAIST Style 2015: 21.28Korea Winter 2015: 18.15Korean Championship 2016: 17.39KAIST Spring 2017: 14.9614.9634.1030 Aug 20149 Apr 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.