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Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)

2×2 · top 7.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013SUNY02

Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at Luoyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,111th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 122 competitions since April 2013, he has put 3,684 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.06 in April 2013 to 10.29, a 46% improvement. Yongtao has entered 122 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.6% of 189,179 all-time
2.36
signature single · Luoyang Open 2019
3,684
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.364.47
top 7.6%1,111 / 15,939
Skewb3.595.27
top 8.3%474 / 5,030
3×310.2913.16
top 8.4%3,337 / 28,499
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves37.33
top 9.9%99 / 1,071
Pyraminx4.477.08
top 10.1%1,218 / 10,269
3×3 blindfolded54.811:07.43
top 11.4%174 / 1,184
4×439.7946.21
top 12.0%1,303 / 5,999
Square-113.6818.72
top 13.5%205 / 1,373
Clock7.869.74
top 14.4%326 / 1,887
5×51:15.321:24.63
top 15.7%784 / 2,857
Megaminx1:12.911:18.23
top 17.4%535 / 1,693
3×3 one-handed20.7925.99
top 22.7%2,304 / 5,994
6×62:25.882:39.93
top 23.6%528 / 1,363
7×73:50.434:13.45
top 27.3%551 / 1,274
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 39:59—
top 30.7%85 / 279
4×4 blindfolded9:18.62—
early days — 2 solves96 / 149

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

Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 19.06Luoyang Open 2013: 17.03Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 15.43Hefei Open 2013: 17.18Zhengzhou Open 2014: 17.76Suzhou Open 2014: 16.34Nantong Open 2014: 14.90Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 16.37Nanjing Autumn 2014: 13.95Yangling Open 2014: 15.21BUAA Open 2014: 14.75Shenyang Open 2014: 15.20Xi'an New Year 2015: 15.84Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 15.46AnHui University Open 2015: 13.53Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 12.81Nanjing Spring 2015: 14.73Wuhan Open 2015: 14.63Xi'an Summer 2015: 14.40Zhengzhou Open 2015: 15.16Nanchang Open 2015: 13.37Hefei Open 2015: 16.41Wuxi Open 2015: 14.84Beijing Open 2015: 15.13Wuhan University Open 2015: 15.03Zhenjiang Open 2015: 12.95Xi'an Open 2015: 14.79Heilongjiang Open 2015: 14.97Nanchang Winter 2015: 13.96Xi'an New Year 2016: 13.96Qingdao Open 2016: 12.35One Night in Beijing 2016: 15.06Hefei Open 2016: 13.40Linyi Open 2016: 14.44Xi'an Open 2016: 12.99Yangzhou Open 2016: 12.28Asian Championship 2016: 14.34XJTU Open 2016: 14.35Weifang Winter 2016: 12.81Xi'an New Year 2017: 14.00ZUA Open 2017: 13.82Lanzhou Spring 2017: 10.64Weihai Open 2017: 13.11Taiyuan Open 2017: 13.74Huaibei Open 2017: 13.94Luoyang Open 2017: 12.34Beijing Open 2017: 14.15Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 15.00Xuchang Open 2017: 11.50Yunnan Open 2017: 13.28Guilin Open 2017: 13.50Jiaozuo Open 2017: 12.72Chongqing Open 2017: 13.29Xi'an New Year 2018: 13.03Luoyang Spring 2018: 13.54Weihai Open 2018: 14.39Dalian Open 2018: 12.64Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 13.45Xuzhou Open 2018: 11.43Changchun Open 2018: 11.15Shenyang Open 2018: 13.40Hefei Summer 2018: 12.79Ningbo Open 2018: 12.16Wuxi Autumn 2018: 12.68Xi'an Open 2018: 14.24Chengdu Winter Open 2018: 13.55Zibo Open 2018: 13.97Zhengzhou Open 2018: 13.97WHUT Open 2018: 14.60Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 12.85Inner Mongolia Winter 2019: 12.94Shenyang New Year 2019: 13.84Xianyang Open 2019: 13.89Lanzhou Spring 2019: 13.12Zhengzhou Open 2019: 13.72Urumqi Open 2019: 13.31Ningxia Open 2019: 12.52Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 12.61Xinxiang Open 2019: 11.83Luoyang Open 2019: 13.33Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020: 15.00Beijing Spring PM 2021: 13.15Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021: 14.39Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 13.76Luoyang Spring 2024: 13.35Dalian Open 2024: 12.44Zhengzhou Open 2024: 13.00Xi'an New Year 2025: 14.87Luoyang Spring 2025: 11.48Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 14.93Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 13.87Xi'an Autumn 2025: 12.85Weihai Open 2025: 13.53Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 12.54Beijing Spring Open 2026: 12.55Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 11.04Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 12.45Hangzhou Open 2026: 12.50Quanzhou Summer 2026: 12.21Weihai Open 2026: 12.43Nanchang Summer 2026: 13.25Jiajiang Open 2026: 12.17Xi'an Open 2026: 12.31Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 12.74Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 11.15Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 10.29Guilin Open 2026: 13.1210.2919.0630 Apr 201318 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.