People · United States
Max Sun
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025SUNM02
Max Sun has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 246 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.90 in March 2025 to 8.53, a 39% improvement. Max has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.53 | 11.38 | top 3.8% | 2,134 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 6.42 | 7.01 | top 8.8% | 684 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 6.28 | top 8.9% | 2,289 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 3.73 | top 9.2% | 3,622 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.10 | 1:14.94 | top 10.6% | 725 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 38.75 | 49.52 | top 10.6% | 1,573 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.80 | 6.57 | top 16.7% | 2,637 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.90 | 20.66 | top 17.5% | 2,259 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.90 | 1:27.52 | top 18.2% | 1,408 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 17.46 | 24.20 | top 22.0% | 1,456 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 4:59.05 | 5:08.73 | early days — 3 solves | 1,468 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:33.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,290 / 2,092 |
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
- 8 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Lakewood Fall 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.53 at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Six personal bests in one day at Warm Up Vancouver 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Lakewood Newcomers 2025. A 13.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Sound Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Lakewood Fall 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Lakewood Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anishk Arora — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- River Alvarran Belz — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.