People · China
Tao Sun (孙涛)
7×7 · top 1.1% of 14,226 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019SUNT02
Tao Sun (孙涛) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 2:08.07, set at Beijing Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in China. Until July 2017, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2019, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. His 7×7 best has come down from 2:38.17 in December 2019 to 2:08.07, a 19% improvement. Tao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7×7 | 2:08.07 | 2:15.42 | top 1.1% | 20 / 1,261 | |
| 5×5 | 51.41 | 58.51 | top 2.2% | 89 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 1:33.53 | 1:41.63 | top 2.5% | 42 / 1,349 |
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, 7×7. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring Open 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 7 Dec 2019First competition: Beijing Winter 2019.
Competitions
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
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.
- Yijun Yin (尹伊珺) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 8.07 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.