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Calvin Nielson vs Dylan Chan

Two careers, 70 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.

Calvin Nielson (United States) and Dylan Chan (United States) have met in 70 rounds across 6 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dylan Chan leads Calvin Nielson: 50 finishes in front to 20.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 11 shared events, Dylan Chan holds the faster single in 9, Calvin Nielson in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCalvin Nielson singleaverageDylan Chan singleaverage
3×37.419.375.347.25
2×21.022.671.102.07
4×434.6443.5127.2331.50
5×51:11.591:24.0357.421:06.13
6×62:28.882:37.292:11.952:15.34
3×3 one-handed12.9217.819.3811.95
Clock4.756.407.728.45
Megaminx1:02.111:09.6647.3152.33
Pyraminx2.975.381.092.03
Skewb2.544.711.373.06
Square-14.666.584.637.78

Year by year

every meeting, 70 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 29 meetings2019: 72022: 292023: 122024: 142026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCalvin NielsonDylan Chanahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round3.752.66Dylan Chan
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round12.638.61Dylan Chan
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round20.7014.00Dylan Chan
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round46.8633.36Dylan Chan
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round8.292.48Dylan Chan
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round6.233.83Dylan Chan
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round6.8510.79Calvin Nielson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Second round7.239.09Calvin Nielson
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round3.782.72Dylan Chan
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2First round3.543.91Calvin Nielson
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round12.207.63Dylan Chan
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round10.958.54Dylan Chan
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round19.8413.04Dylan Chan
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20244×4First round48.3139.40Dylan Chan

Full careers: Calvin Nielson · Dylan Chan. 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.