People · China
Tom Sun
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SUNT04
Tom Sun has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.21, set at New to Sherwood Park 2024, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,161st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2023, he has put 179 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.99 in August 2023 to 10.21, a 40% improvement. Tom 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.21 | 14.50 | top 8.1% | 3,161 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 5.22 | top 13.4% | 2,096 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.77 | 8.47 | top 26.0% | 2,924 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.41 | 12.18 | top 29.0% | 1,788 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.39 | 32.85 | top 40.4% | 3,716 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.88 | — | top 42.7% | 4,059 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.69 | 2:22.30 | top 47.9% | 1,269 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 15.98 | 17.87 | top 51.8% | 1,211 / 1,843 |
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
- 3 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.21 at New to Sherwood Park 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023First competition: Calgary Summer Classic 2023. A 16.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Calgary Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025 · 3 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New to Sherwood Park 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Calgary Summer Classic 2023 · 12 Aug 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.
- Griffin Clem — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Mutch — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ethan Basanov — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.