People · United States
Carl Sun
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008SUNC01
Carl Sun has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.03, set at River Hill Spring 2024, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,818th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2008, he has put 327 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.46 in May 2008 to 9.03, a 66% improvement. Carl has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.03 | 11.56 | top 5.0% | 2,818 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.50 | 4.51 | top 20.3% | 8,054 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.97 | 23.87 | top 20.5% | 2,655 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 47.95 | 53.16 | top 22.1% | 3,408 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 9.79 | top 23.4% | 6,427 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.89 | 1:56.04 | top 42.6% | 3,532 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:46.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,921 / 2,128 |
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
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Potomac Spring 2023.
- 16 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 2 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Summer 2018.
- 16 Nov 2013First sub-20 3×3: 14.08 at Starlight Open 2013.
- 16 Nov 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.08 at Starlight Open 2013.
- 16 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at Starlight Open 2013.
Competitions
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Fall River Cubikon 2023 · 5 Feb 2023
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Starlight Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Long Island 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Drexel Fall 2008 · 15 Nov 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2008 · 24 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dan Selzer — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.