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Rowe Hessler vs Christopher Sun

Two careers, 52 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.

Rowe Hessler (United States) and Christopher Sun (United States) have met in 52 rounds across 8 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Rowe Hessler leads Christopher Sun: 27 finishes in front to 24 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Christopher Sun holds the faster single in 11, Rowe Hessler in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRowe Hessler singleaverageChristopher Sun singleaverage
3×36.137.474.145.69
2×20.962.250.801.72
4×427.5131.6020.5124.01
5×51:03.681:11.9640.1944.61
6×62:14.212:19.431:19.181:25.41
7×74:02.904:10.902:10.302:12.56
3×3 blindfolded15.1019.4721.6751.88
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.3334 moves38.00
3×3 one-handed11.4113.8111.0613.06
Clock11.7514.597.047.68
Megaminx45.9552.7336.1641.88
Pyraminx4.218.942.164.62
Skewb3.945.043.464.30
Square-15.878.567.7511.88
4×4 blindfolded1:59.252:24.422:49.273:14.57
5×5 blindfolded4:22.635:57.866:22.899:17.36
3×3 Multi-Blind63 of 66 cubes · 59:5022 of 25 cubes · 58:11

Year by year

every meeting, 52 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 21 meetings2017: 42019: 92021: 62022: 212023: 12024: 42025: 32026: 4

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRowe HesslerChristopher Sunahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.666.49Christopher Sun
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.646.37Christopher Sun
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.4451.88Rowe Hessler
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.3728.54Rowe Hessler
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.476.46Christopher Sun
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.776.43Christopher Sun
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal45 of 56 cubes · 59:2418 of 20 cubes · 48:04Rowe Hessler
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round9.296.67Christopher Sun
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round8.326.26Christopher Sun
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 Multi-BlindFinal54 of 66 cubes · 1:00:0020 of 26 cubes · 1:00:00Rowe Hessler
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20245×5 blindfoldedFinal6:33.43Rowe Hessler
2023CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 20233×3 Multi-BlindFinal39 of 54 cubes · 59:0617 of 29 cubes · 1:00:00Rowe Hessler
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20222×2Final2.642.50Christopher Sun
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20222×2Second round3.122.82Christopher Sun

Full careers: Rowe Hessler · 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.