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Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) vs Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)

Two careers, 183 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) (China) and Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) (China) have met in 183 rounds across 27 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) leads Yongtao Sun (孙永涛): 122 finishes in front to 59 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) holds the faster single in 9, Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKaiyang Gao (高凯阳) singleaverageYongtao Sun (孙永涛) singleaverage
3×38.109.7610.6413.16
2×21.563.072.364.47
4×439.4244.2839.7946.21
5×51:36.341:46.551:15.321:24.63
6×63:29.803:52.622:49.652:57.10
7×74:37.405:17.483:56.254:13.85
3×3 blindfolded3:03.044:20.9754.811:07.43
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves43.6728 moves37.33
3×3 one-handed15.7117.6720.7925.99
Clock12.5113.878.8710.74
Megaminx1:14.841:28.291:14.721:26.74
Pyraminx2.002.924.477.08
Skewb2.514.474.025.27
Square-119.6029.7813.6818.72
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 24:376 of 6 cubes · 39:59

Year by year

every meeting, 183 rounds in all
20152026busiest year: 53 meetings2015: 52016: 172017: 532018: 252019: 512021: 102024: 42025: 112026: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKaiyang Gao (高凯阳)Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)ahead
2026Xi'an Cherry Blossom 20262×2First round3.295.65Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2026Xi'an Cherry Blossom 20263×3Second round10.8716.82Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2026Xi'an Cherry Blossom 20263×3First round11.2714.00Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2026Xi'an Cherry Blossom 20263×3 one-handedFirst round19.9830.04Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2026Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026PyraminxFirst round3.828.53Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2026Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026SkewbFinal6.596.09Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)
2026Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026SkewbFirst round5.446.38Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20252×2First round4.295.39Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20253×3First round10.9713.76Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20253×3 one-handedFirst round19.4530.68Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 2025ClockFirst round14.3411.31Yongtao Sun (孙永涛)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 2025PyraminxFirst round3.7910.11Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 2025SkewbFirst round6.267.68Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)
2025Xi'an Autumn 20252×2First round3.395.53Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳)

Full careers: Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) · Yongtao Sun (孙永涛). A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.