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Benjamin Wei vs Michael Muething

Two careers, 42 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.

Benjamin Wei (United States) and Michael Muething (United States) have met in 42 rounds across 4 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Benjamin Wei leads Michael Muething: 32 finishes in front to 10.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 9 shared events, Benjamin Wei holds the faster single in 6, Michael Muething in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Wei singleaverageMichael Muething singleaverage
3×35.427.056.367.17
2×21.632.821.482.91
4×424.1027.1426.5530.31
5×543.4346.8147.8454.26
6×61:15.851:21.591:26.591:30.73
7×71:51.701:57.741:59.772:10.21
3×3 one-handed11.1715.2512.2916.19
Megaminx41.2146.3129.0934.94
Square-110.9314.589.5813.18

Year by year

every meeting, 42 rounds in all
20222025busiest year: 22 meetings2022: 222024: 102025: 10

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin WeiMichael Muethingahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.889.04Benjamin Wei
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.629.27Benjamin Wei
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round27.4632.77Benjamin Wei
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round46.8155.33Benjamin Wei
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5Second round50.9857.95Benjamin Wei
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6Second round1:24.001:41.88Benjamin Wei
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:24.951:43.05Benjamin Wei
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:14.582:19.84Benjamin Wei
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxSecond round49.3836.41Michael Muething
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round48.3037.26Michael Muething
2024Super Duper San Diego 20243×3Second round8.508.85Benjamin Wei
2024Super Duper San Diego 20243×3Semi Final8.748.59Michael Muething
2024Super Duper San Diego 20243×3First round8.149.04Benjamin Wei
2024Super Duper San Diego 20243×3Final7.529.43Benjamin Wei

Full careers: Benjamin Wei · Michael Muething. 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.