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Brandon Lin (林博浩) vs Noah Swor

Two careers, 87 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 Noah Swor (United States) have met in 87 rounds across 8 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Noah Swor leads Brandon Lin (林博浩): 77 finishes in front to 9 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Noah Swor holds the faster single in 17, Brandon Lin (林博浩) in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrandon Lin (林博浩) singleaverageNoah Swor singleaverage
3×37.639.395.936.99
2×21.562.900.811.59
4×430.3135.4923.4124.63
5×558.991:12.8744.7250.90
6×62:14.272:25.461:28.971:37.39
7×73:42.383:48.582:26.342:32.30
3×3 blindfolded20.0025.9013.8616.39
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.6720 moves22.33
3×3 one-handed12.0715.988.3411.41
Clock8.289.643.244.06
Megaminx44.9254.4935.7742.69
Pyraminx2.905.471.402.56
Skewb4.096.261.322.73
Square-16.468.284.506.57
4×4 blindfolded2:10.823:41.711:23.841:45.48
5×5 blindfolded7:09.714:39.137:37.81
3×3 Multi-Blind40 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0037 of 39 cubes · 58:34

Year by year

every meeting, 87 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 17 meetings2019: 112022: 132023: 162024: 172025: 172026: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrandon Lin (林博浩)Noah Sworahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round26.4714.83Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round27.6218.33Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal38 of 45 cubes · 1:00:0035 of 42 cubes · 58:19Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:10.821:45.48Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round12.847.29Noah Swor
2026Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round25.2717.94Noah Swor
2026Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal25.9015.02Noah Swor
2026Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round25.5415.63Noah Swor
2026Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal40 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0037 of 41 cubes · 59:05Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 20264×4 blindfoldedFirst round2:16.68Noah Swor
2026Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 20265×5First round1:14.7054.50Noah Swor
2026Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal7:33.737:48.20Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 2026MegaminxFirst round1:04.9750.50Noah Swor
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal28 of 35 cubes · 59:0937 of 42 cubes · 1:00:00Noah Swor

Full careers: Brandon Lin (林博浩) · Noah Swor. 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.