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Dan Cohen vs Brandon Lin (林博浩)

Two careers, 51 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.

Dan Cohen (United States) and Brandon Lin (林博浩) (United States) have met in 51 rounds across 6 competitions since 2011. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dan Cohen leads Brandon Lin (林博浩): 32 finishes in front to 17 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Brandon Lin (林博浩) holds the faster single in 9, Dan Cohen in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDan Cohen singleaverageBrandon Lin (林博浩) singleaverage
3×37.289.517.639.39
2×21.532.281.562.90
4×430.0235.0830.3135.49
5×557.441:02.6058.991:12.87
6×61:55.432:00.672:14.272:25.46
7×73:11.003:22.623:42.383:48.58
3×3 blindfolded1:10.3120.0025.90
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves39.0030 moves33.67
3×3 one-handed13.3816.0212.0715.98
Clock7.789.568.289.64
Megaminx1:03.351:07.7444.9254.49
Pyraminx2.934.892.905.47
Skewb5.2111.124.096.26
Square-111.9514.546.468.28
4×4 blindfolded13:50.002:10.823:41.71
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 13:2240 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00

Year by year

every meeting, 51 rounds in all
20112019busiest year: 19 meetings2011: 82013: 62014: 192016: 72019: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDan CohenBrandon Lin (林博浩)ahead
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 20192×2First round6.214.09Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 20193×3First round9.8512.19Dan Cohen
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 20193×3Second round12.1712.35Dan Cohen
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 20193×3 one-handedFirst round24.7220.29Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 20194×4First round40.4245.16Dan Cohen
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 20195×5First round1:02.601:31.33Dan Cohen
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 20196×6Final2:12.693:20.87Dan Cohen
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 20197×7Final3:22.624:49.82Dan Cohen
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 2019MegaminxFirst round1:28.561:12.67Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 2019PyraminxFirst round12.796.98Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2019CubingUSA Western Championship 2019Square-1First round27.6610.31Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 20163×3 blindfoldedFinal1:44.83Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 20163×3 Fewest MovesFinal39.0039.33Dan Cohen
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016MegaminxFinal1:34.691:02.47Brandon Lin (林博浩)

Full careers: Dan Cohen · Brandon Lin (林博浩). 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.