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Brandon Lin (林博浩) vs Andrew Tao

Two careers, 50 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.

Brandon Lin (林博浩) (United States) and Andrew Tao (United States) have met in 50 rounds across 12 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Andrew Tao leads Brandon Lin (林博浩): 36 finishes in front to 12 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 7 shared events, Brandon Lin (林博浩) holds the faster single in 4, Andrew Tao in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrandon Lin (林博浩) singleaverageAndrew Tao singleaverage
3×37.639.397.799.61
2×21.562.904.265.80
3×3 blindfolded20.0025.9016.6520.89
3×3 one-handed12.0715.9823.2428.86
4×4 blindfolded2:10.823:41.712:16.052:39.01
5×5 blindfolded7:09.715:15.96
3×3 Multi-Blind40 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0060 of 63 cubes · 58:36

Year by year

every meeting, 50 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 23 meetings2023: 72024: 232025: 112026: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrandon Lin (林博浩)Andrew Taoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round27.6227.74Andrew Tao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round26.4719.43Andrew Tao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal38 of 45 cubes · 1:00:0060 of 63 cubes · 58:36Andrew Tao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:10.822:26.30Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026New York Multimate PBQ IV 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round20.0016.65Andrew Tao
2026New York Multimate PBQ IV 20263×3 Multi-BlindFirst round32 of 43 cubes · 1:00:0059 of 63 cubes · 1:00:02Andrew Tao
2026New York Multimate PBQ IV 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal37 of 41 cubes · 56:3756 of 61 cubes · 1:00:00Andrew Tao
2026Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal27.2328.12Andrew Tao
2026Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round36.8617.06Andrew Tao
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal28 of 35 cubes · 59:0951 of 57 cubes · 58:15Andrew Tao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round11.8011.11Andrew Tao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round20.89Andrew Tao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.2123.64Andrew Tao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal27 of 33 cubes · 59:5852 of 55 cubes · 59:52Andrew Tao

Full careers: Brandon Lin (林博浩) · Andrew Tao. 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.