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Bertie Longden vs Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)

Two careers, 164 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.

Bertie Longden (United Kingdom) and Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) (China) have met in 164 rounds across 24 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Bertie Longden leads Mengfei Shen (沈梦非): 95 finishes in front to 68 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) holds the faster single in 12, Bertie Longden in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBertie Longden singleaverageMengfei Shen (沈梦非) singleaverage
3×38.3710.548.579.80
2×21.562.922.224.07
4×435.6839.7630.9035.08
5×51:11.981:21.8259.681:06.86
6×62:21.972:32.672:04.702:05.59
7×73:47.424:04.713:12.243:26.48
3×3 blindfolded28.1437.1220.7323.21
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves31.6726 moves32.00
3×3 one-handed17.4321.4315.4919.07
Clock8.969.347.818.85
Megaminx1:06.291:15.361:01.591:07.24
Pyraminx3.855.844.857.03
Skewb3.325.633.846.09
Square-110.4215.8021.7630.31
4×4 blindfolded3:54.352:01.292:37.44
5×5 blindfolded8:55.854:50.265:43.93
3×3 Multi-Blind31 of 34 cubes · 56:3535 of 35 cubes · 54:43

Year by year

every meeting, 164 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 71 meetings2018: 232019: 712020: 212022: 142023: 32024: 162025: 112026: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBertie LongdenMengfei Shen (沈梦非)ahead
2026Stevenage May 20263×3First round11.2610.02Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2026Stevenage May 20263×3Second round10.8010.45Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2026Stevenage May 20263×3Semi Final14.5410.28Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2026Stevenage January 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:20.7224.99Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2026Stevenage January 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal1:33.0824.36Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Stevenage 10th Anniversary 20253×3First round12.2210.32Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Stevenage 10th Anniversary 20253×3Second round12.1310.35Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Stevenage 10th Anniversary 20254×4Final50.7538.97Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3Second round11.3010.91Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3First round13.179.80Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Stevenage June 20254×4Final49.5241.99Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Hampshire Winter 20252×2First round3.655.60Bertie Longden
2025Hampshire Winter 20253×3Second round13.5513.23Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Hampshire Winter 20253×3First round12.3812.54Bertie Longden

Full careers: Bertie Longden · Mengfei Shen (沈梦非). 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.