People · United States
Young Kim
3×3 · top 28.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012KIMY01
Young Kim has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.23, set at Nisei Week 2015, puts him in the top 28.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,647th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since June 2012, he has put 162 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.31 in June 2012 to 16.23, a 48% improvement. Young has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 16.23 | 17.88 | top 28.6% | 15,647 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.93 | 7.99 | top 38.4% | 15,399 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.25 | 1:35.70 | top 63.1% | 11,041 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.20 | 19.23 | top 78.7% | 23,291 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 3:08.13 | — | top 80.6% | 7,338 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.50 | 1:40.69 | top 84.7% | 12,722 / 15,683 |
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
- 18 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015.
- 7 Mar 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.54 at Summit City Open 2015.
- 24 Aug 2013Three personal bests in one day at Indiana 2013.
- 20 Oct 2012Four personal bests in one day at Dayton Fall 2012.
- 16 Jun 2012First sub-30 3×3: 27.80 at Dixon Open 2012.
- 2 Jun 2012First competition: New Albany 2012. A 31.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shaker Fall 2017 · 2 Dec 2017
- Shaker Heights 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Summit City Open 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana 2013 · 24 Aug 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Dayton Fall 2012 · 20 Oct 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Dixon Open 2012 · 16 Jun 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- New Albany 2012 · 2 Jun 2012
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.
- Nathan Dwyer — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mike Hughey — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- John Brechon — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.