People · United States
Timothy Sun
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2007 · 2007SUNT01
Timothy Sun has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.84, set at MIT Fall 2012, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,458th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since June 2007, he has put 1,960 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.53 in June 2007 to 7.84, a 55% improvement. Timothy has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 7.84 | 10.10 | top 2.5% | 1,458 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 3.43 | top 2.8% | 1,107 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | 28.67 | top 8.0% | 187 / 2,040 | |
| 4×4 | 38.72 | 44.57 | top 10.6% | 1,569 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 56.29 | 1:03.25 | top 11.9% | 228 / 2,092 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.81 | 8.17 | top 12.0% | 3,134 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.36 | 21.51 | top 16.0% | 2,065 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.58 | 1:23.80 | top 16.5% | 1,283 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 9.19 | 10.26 | top 21.0% | 1,621 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 17.05 | 22.72 | top 21.1% | 1,410 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.47 | 1:41.72 | top 29.8% | 2,088 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 6 cubes · 36:59 | — | top 30.3% | 227 / 731 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 6:11.86 | — | top 30.9% | 128 / 440 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 15:02.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 90 / 218 | |
| Skewb | 9.30 | 11.11 | top 50.5% | 9,036 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 3:42.30 | 3:54.78 | top 59.5% | 2,279 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:43.15 | 5:52.46 | top 63.5% | 1,906 / 3,184 |
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 Aug 2014Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2014.
- 10 Nov 2012Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2012.
- 6 Aug 2010Five personal bests in one day at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 6 Mar 2010First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at MIT Spring 2010.
- 9 Oct 2009Five personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009.
- 14 Aug 2009Nine personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2009.
Competitions
- Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016 · 20 Aug 2016
- Liberty Science 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
- FMC USA 2015 · 25 Oct 2015
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014
- FMC USA 2014 · 26 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014
- Liberty Science Center Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- CCFC Fall 2013 · 21 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Head to Head 2013 · 18 May 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornell Open Spring 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2013 · 9 Mar 2013
- Harvard Spring 2013 · 2 Feb 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Monmouth County Open 2013 · 12 Jan 2013
- Liberty Science Center Open 2012 · 15 Dec 2012
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012
- MIT Fall 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2012 · 22 Sep 2012
- St. Joseph's College Summer 2012 · 18 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Jersey Shore Open 2012 · 28 Jul 2012
- Liberty Science Center Open 2011 · 5 Nov 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Baltimore Spring competition 2010 · 18 Apr 2010
- MIT Spring 2010 · 6 Mar 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Drexel Winter 2010 · 6 Feb 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Washington DC Open 2010 · 30 Jan 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009 — 9 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2009 · 28 Jun 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Metropolis Open 2009 · 2 May 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Qingming Festival Open 2009 · 6 Apr 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Shijiazhuang Open 2009 · 15 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2009 · 21 Feb 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanjing Open 2008 · 14 Dec 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Fall Open 2008 · 2 Nov 2008 — 5 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2008 · 1 Oct 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Open 2008 · 30 Aug 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2008 · 2 May 2008 — 6 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2007 · 15 Dec 2007 — 5 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2007 · 1 Oct 2007 — 8 personal bests set
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 240 rounds, finished ahead 192 times
- Rowe Hessler — met in 221 rounds, finished ahead 58 times · head to head
- Dan Cohen — met in 197 rounds, finished ahead 89 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.