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Daniel Wallin vs James Macdiarmid

Two careers, 41 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 Wallin (Sweden) and James Macdiarmid (New Zealand) have met in 41 rounds across 6 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Wallin leads James Macdiarmid: 32 finishes in front to 8 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Daniel Wallin holds the faster single in 13, James Macdiarmid in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Wallin singleaverageJames Macdiarmid singleaverage
3×35.156.636.228.29
2×20.931.550.862.97
4×423.7828.5228.2735.67
5×552.6359.1157.641:03.75
6×61:37.631:46.681:56.982:03.83
7×72:30.492:39.683:08.853:16.28
3×3 blindfolded16.3419.6817.5320.61
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves28.3323 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed8.8413.2714.7717.54
Clock3.524.506.538.70
Megaminx34.5840.0135.6639.46
Pyraminx1.552.863.415.01
Skewb1.472.904.046.35
Square-17.018.9715.8819.86
4×4 blindfolded1:12.451:30.799:49.78
3×3 Multi-Blind44 of 44 cubes · 58:3255 of 58 cubes · 59:15

Year by year

every meeting, 41 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 18 meetings2017: 132018: 72019: 182025: 3

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel WallinJames Macdiarmidahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round20.5220.61James Macdiarmid
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.8149.48Daniel Wallin
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal41 of 42 cubes · 1:00:0049 of 54 cubes · 1:00:02James Macdiarmid
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round8.229.76Daniel Wallin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Second round8.6910.89Daniel Wallin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.5559.96Daniel Wallin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 blindfoldedSecond round23.48Daniel Wallin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 Fewest MovesFinal26 moves26 movestie
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 Multi-BlindFinal24 of 27 cubes · 57:3412 of 16 cubes · 49:20Daniel Wallin
2019WCA World Championship 20194×4First round36.6940.80Daniel Wallin
2019WCA World Championship 20195×5First round1:04.981:36.58Daniel Wallin
2019WCA World Championship 2019MegaminxFirst round1:02.3347.69James Macdiarmid
2019Warm Up Sydney 20193×3First round8.479.76Daniel Wallin
2019Warm Up Sydney 20193×3Second round7.8610.03Daniel Wallin

Full careers: Daniel Wallin · James Macdiarmid. 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.