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Daniel Sun
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SUND07
Daniel Sun has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at NYU Spring 2025, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,805th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2023, he has put 40 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.73 in April 2023 to 9.81, a 16% improvement. Daniel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.81 | 11.70 | top 6.9% | 3,805 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 53.44 | 58.11 | top 28.9% | 4,498 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.83 | 6.54 | top 37.2% | 14,859 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.19 | 32.81 | top 47.1% | 6,418 / 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
- 13 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at NYU Spring 2025.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: PBs in Palisades 2023. A 11.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Rafael Daniella Gabinete — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Angelo Terpening — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ian Liong — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 3.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.