People · China
Zhenyu Sun (孙振宇)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SUNZ03
Zhenyu Sun (孙振宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,724th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2017, he has put 302 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.91 in December 2017 to 8.85, a 26% improvement. Zhenyu has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.85 | 11.41 | top 4.5% | 1,724 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 33.65 | 40.85 | top 5.5% | 550 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.15 | 1:29.81 | top 21.7% | 1,041 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 4.56 | top 22.1% | 3,633 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 2:56.44 | 3:16.06 | top 39.3% | 794 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.08 | 34.70 | top 39.6% | 3,664 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:26.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 607 / 1,183 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.16 | 12.06 | top 46.2% | 4,910 / 10,224 | |
| 7×7 | 4:48.38 | 4:55.28 | early days — 3 solves | 849 / 1,261 | |
| Skewb | 9.85 | 15.24 | top 54.0% | 3,009 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 51.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,232 / 1,362 |
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
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Chongqing Open 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2023.
- 30 Dec 2017First competition: Chongqing Open 2017. A 11.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 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.
- Lei Zhang (张磊) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Le Rong (荣乐) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.