People · Australia
Max Sun
3×3 · top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024SUNM04
Max Sun has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 172nd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2024, he has put 303 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.96 in July 2024 to 7.18, a 72% improvement. Max 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.18 | 8.03 | top 1.6% | 172 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 2.90 | top 5.4% | 405 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 34.98 | 39.09 | top 6.8% | 180 / 3,108 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.83 | 5.05 | top 6.9% | 305 / 6,109 | |
| Megaminx | 57.14 | 1:01.15 | top 8.5% | 114 / 1,313 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.06 | 1:30.50 | top 17.7% | 243 / 1,412 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.74 | 22.66 | top 19.9% | 452 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 8.00 | top 25.7% | 703 / 3,589 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2026.
- 9 Jul 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 31 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at VIC State Championship 2025.
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at VIC State Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Geelong Winter 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
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.
- Roman Rudakov — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charlie Handley — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.