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Ben Ridley vs Adam Swaine

Two careers, 187 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.

Ben Ridley (United Kingdom) and Adam Swaine (United Kingdom) have met in 187 rounds across 32 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ben Ridley leads Adam Swaine: 116 finishes in front to 68 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Ben Ridley holds the faster single in 8, Adam Swaine in 8.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBen Ridley singleaverageAdam Swaine singleaverage
3×37.1910.558.129.94
2×21.823.611.092.45
4×435.9943.6737.4144.94
5×51:08.411:18.391:16.921:27.78
6×62:20.432:29.002:33.422:49.48
7×73:26.713:41.154:24.504:32.75
3×3 blindfolded34.3747.4732.4856.71
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves38.0027 moves32.67
3×3 one-handed13.3018.1815.2717.97
Clock11.1511.926.898.43
Megaminx1:20.641:29.121:02.951:10.97
Pyraminx6.339.202.775.15
Skewb3.387.862.845.31
Square-124.2227.2213.6118.00
4×4 blindfolded4:14.284:56.147:37.00
3×3 Multi-Blind21 of 21 cubes · 57:1215 of 17 cubes · 54:07

Year by year

every meeting, 187 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 60 meetings2017: 192018: 302019: 92023: 362024: 602025: 302026: 3

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBen RidleyAdam Swaineahead
2026Stevenage January 20263×3First round12.5011.01Adam Swaine
2026Stevenage January 20263×3Final13.8310.31Adam Swaine
2026Stevenage January 20263×3Second round12.7512.55Adam Swaine
2025Stevenage 10th Anniversary 20253×3First round12.7912.44Adam Swaine
2025Stevenage 10th Anniversary 20253×3Second round11.5513.53Ben Ridley
2025Stevenage October 20253×3First round12.2812.01Adam Swaine
2025Stevenage October 20253×3Second round10.7511.58Ben Ridley
2025Stevenage September 20253×3Second round11.5413.96Ben Ridley
2025Stevenage September 20253×3First round11.5910.99Adam Swaine
2025Stevenage September 20253×3Semi Final13.4710.78Adam Swaine
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3Second round11.7511.25Adam Swaine
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3First round11.8910.84Adam Swaine
2025Stevenage July 20252×2Second round4.175.12Ben Ridley
2025Stevenage July 20252×2First round5.374.82Adam Swaine

Full careers: Ben Ridley · Adam Swaine. 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.