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Brandon Lin (林博浩) vs Liam Chen

Two careers, 97 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 Liam Chen (United States) have met in 97 rounds across 16 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Liam Chen leads Brandon Lin (林博浩): 67 finishes in front to 26 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Liam Chen holds the faster single in 7, Brandon Lin (林博浩) in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrandon Lin (林博浩) singleaverageLiam Chen singleaverage
3×37.639.396.187.28
2×21.562.901.142.82
4×430.3135.4932.4536.85
5×558.991:12.871:17.471:25.54
3×3 blindfolded20.0025.9014.8316.52
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.6726 moves35.33
3×3 one-handed12.0715.989.7914.20
Pyraminx2.905.476.629.31
Skewb4.096.264.617.90
Square-16.468.2817.1331.02
4×4 blindfolded2:10.823:41.711:20.641:42.15
5×5 blindfolded7:09.716:13.43
3×3 Multi-Blind40 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0026 of 27 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 97 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 25 meetings2016: 82018: 72019: 112022: 132023: 252024: 142025: 102026: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrandon Lin (林博浩)Liam Chenahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round26.4716.95Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round27.6218.63Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal38 of 45 cubes · 1:00:0022 of 28 cubes · 54:09Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:10.821:26.83Liam Chen
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round23.0218.35Liam Chen
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round21.6316.76Liam Chen
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal37 of 45 cubes · 1:00:0022 of 27 cubes · 59:50Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal3:07.941:20.64Liam Chen
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinaltie
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round11.808.40Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.2120.38Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round18.22Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal27 of 33 cubes · 59:5826 of 27 cubes · 59:05Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round19.1315.13Liam Chen

Full careers: Brandon Lin (林博浩) · Liam Chen. 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.