Head to head

Ash Black vs Max Siauw

Two careers, 650 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.

Ash Black (United States) and Max Siauw (United States) have met in 650 rounds across 67 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Max Siauw leads Ash Black: 560 finishes in front to 90.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Max Siauw holds the faster single in 11, Ash Black in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold

Event	Ash Black single	average	Max Siauw single	average
3×3	5.85	7.50	3.70	5.49
2×2	0.78	1.97	0.83	1.44
4×4	24.04	30.14	20.72	23.98
5×5	49.29	54.29	41.52	45.49
6×6	1:34.45	1:41.09	1:14.57	1:22.60
7×7	2:28.82	2:43.14	2:02.57	2:06.76
3×3 blindfolded	1:10.14	1:29.82	20.20	28.88
3×3 Fewest Moves	22 moves	31.00	26 moves	29.33
3×3 one-handed	10.07	12.37	7.58	11.00
Clock	5.26	6.05	4.08	6.22
Megaminx	43.54	47.02	34.83	41.81
Pyraminx	1.56	2.41	1.69	2.90
Skewb	1.30	1.80	1.96	3.34
Square-1	8.00	11.65	3.69	4.91
3×3 Multi-Blind	7 of 9 cubes · 56:34	—	13 of 13 cubes · 48:50	—

Year by year

every meeting, 650 rounds in all

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise

Year	Competition	Event	Round	Ash Black	Max Siauw	ahead
2026	Northwest Championship 2026	3×3	Final	7.75	6.98	Max Siauw
2026	Northwest Championship 2026	3×3	Semi Final	8.13	6.81	Max Siauw
2026	Northwest Championship 2026	3×3	Second round	9.00	6.54	Max Siauw
2026	Northwest Championship 2026	3×3	First round	8.17	7.41	Max Siauw
2026	Northwest Championship 2026	4×4	Final	30.38	27.73	Max Siauw
2026	Northwest Championship 2026	4×4	First round	33.88	24.89	Max Siauw
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3	First round	8.45	7.05	Max Siauw
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3	Second round	9.36	6.82	Max Siauw
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	4×4	First round	31.64	27.96	Max Siauw
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	4×4	Second round	32.51	26.97	Max Siauw
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	6×6	First round	1:46.86	1:35.69	Max Siauw
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	7×7	First round	2:43.14	2:20.24	Max Siauw
2026	Kent Spring 2026	2×2	Final	1.97	2.69	Ash Black
2026	Kent Spring 2026	2×2	First round	2.10	1.85	Max Siauw

Full careers: Ash Black · Max Siauw. 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.