People · China
Xiangru Sun (孙向濡)
3×3 · top 9.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017SUNX05
Xiangru Sun (孙向濡) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.70, set at Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,827th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2017, he has put 81 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.77 in October 2017 to 10.70, a 28% improvement. Xiangru has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.70 | 12.26 | top 9.6% | 3,827 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.36 | 23.79 | top 21.5% | 2,177 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 47.59 | 48.55 | top 21.7% | 2,377 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 4.91 | 5.93 | top 38.3% | 6,674 / 15,939 |
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
- 22 Oct 2017First competition: Zhanjiang Open 2017. A 14.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2018 · 26 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2017 · 22 Oct 2017
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.
- Weisheng Chen (陈伟胜) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xingyu Chen (陈星宇) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.