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Liam Chen vs Christopher Sun

Two careers, 77 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.

Liam Chen (United States) and Christopher Sun (United States) have met in 77 rounds across 11 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Christopher Sun leads Liam Chen: 47 finishes in front to 27 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Christopher Sun holds the faster single in 7, Liam Chen in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLiam Chen singleaverageChristopher Sun singleaverage
3×36.187.284.145.69
2×21.142.820.801.72
4×432.4536.8520.5124.01
5×51:17.471:25.5440.1944.61
3×3 blindfolded14.8316.5221.6751.88
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves35.3334 moves38.00
3×3 one-handed9.7914.2011.0613.06
Pyraminx6.629.312.164.62
Skewb4.617.903.464.30
Square-117.1331.027.7511.88
4×4 blindfolded1:20.641:42.152:49.273:14.57
5×5 blindfolded6:13.436:22.899:17.36
3×3 Multi-Blind26 of 27 cubes · 59:0522 of 25 cubes · 58:11

Year by year

every meeting, 77 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 23 meetings2017: 52019: 42021: 42022: 232023: 132024: 102025: 82026: 10

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLiam ChenChristopher Sunahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round10.096.49Christopher Sun
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.076.37Christopher Sun
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round16.9528.54Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.6351.88Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal22 of 28 cubes · 54:0921 of 25 cubes · 57:29Christopher Sun
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.1215.93Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round37.7724.68Christopher Sun
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal1:26.833:01.53Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinaltie
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round7.906.42Christopher Sun
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.776.43Christopher Sun
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.406.46Christopher Sun
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal26 of 27 cubes · 59:0518 of 20 cubes · 48:04Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.1314.93Christopher Sun

Full careers: Liam Chen · Christopher Sun. 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.