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Daniel Sheppard vs Robert Yau

Two careers, 1,276 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.

Daniel Sheppard (United Kingdom) and Robert Yau (United Kingdom) have met in 1,276 rounds across 80 competitions since 2009. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Robert Yau leads Daniel Sheppard: 997 finishes in front to 276 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Robert Yau holds the faster single in 11, Daniel Sheppard in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Sheppard singleaverageRobert Yau singleaverage
3×37.7810.016.297.87
2×21.122.461.292.26
4×429.3834.5023.4627.96
5×559.431:05.9649.2155.60
6×61:58.222:01.751:35.541:44.65
7×72:50.933:00.602:40.322:45.73
3×3 blindfolded46.561:07.991:15.331:36.02
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves23.3319 moves25.00
3×3 one-handed13.6517.808.4412.14
Clock5.976.877.599.50
Megaminx54.851:02.4740.9447.99
Pyraminx2.443.652.113.95
Skewb2.805.392.734.73
Square-111.7114.538.4313.06
3×3 Multi-Blind19 of 21 cubes · 54:403 of 3 cubes · 24:07

Year by year

every meeting, 1,276 rounds in all
20092020busiest year: 188 meetings2009: 62010: 362011: 842012: 1132013: 1352014: 1882015: 1642016: 1092017: 1152018: 1412019: 1582020: 27

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel SheppardRobert Yauahead
2020Fontwell Open 20203×3First round11.398.67Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20203×3Second round11.098.52Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20203×3Final10.6610.19Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20203×3 one-handedFinal21.6916.13Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20203×3 one-handedFirst round26.2714.85Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20204×4First round38.1333.32Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20204×4Second round39.2733.17Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20204×4Final42.3534.58Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20205×5Final1:11.581:00.92Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20205×5First round1:13.891:02.27Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20206×6Final2:29.451:57.93Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 20207×7Final3:17.552:56.48Robert Yau
2020Fontwell Open 2020ClockFirst round7.9710.29Daniel Sheppard
2020Guildford Open 20203×3First round10.939.75Robert Yau

Full careers: Daniel Sheppard · Robert Yau. 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.