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Evan Liu vs Zach Goldman

Two careers, 150 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.

Evan Liu (United States) and Zach Goldman (United States) have met in 150 rounds across 18 competitions since 2012. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Evan Liu leads Zach Goldman: 132 finishes in front to 18.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Evan Liu holds the faster single in 12, Zach Goldman in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventEvan Liu singleaverageZach Goldman singleaverage
3×34.876.987.499.23
2×20.641.791.523.30
4×422.9727.4131.6035.07
5×545.9151.871:00.351:10.57
6×61:25.751:28.552:11.952:23.55
7×72:16.812:25.313:40.663:52.79
3×3 blindfolded35.5350.303:54.974:08.57
3×3 one-handed8.8712.3312.8815.25
Clock2.694.1020.6522.74
Pyraminx1.473.023.845.83
Skewb1.662.713.436.40
Square-17.8110.4728.4149.11

Year by year

every meeting, 150 rounds in all
20122025busiest year: 27 meetings2012: 162013: 122014: 162015: 232018: 272019: 102020: 52022: 142023: 62024: 132025: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundEvan LiuZach Goldmanahead
2025Catskills Spring 20252×2First round2.365.31Evan Liu
2025Catskills Spring 20253×3First round8.969.23Evan Liu
2025Catskills Spring 20253×3 one-handedFinal17.1919.65Evan Liu
2025Binghamton Winter 20253×3First round9.749.91Evan Liu
2025Binghamton Winter 20253×3Second round10.379.63Zach Goldman
2025Binghamton Winter 20254×4Final34.2739.81Evan Liu
2025Binghamton Winter 20255×5Final59.321:22.14Evan Liu
2025Binghamton Winter 2025SkewbFirst round4.438.74Evan Liu
2024NYU Winter 20242×2First round3.535.33Evan Liu
2024NYU Winter 20243×3First round9.049.84Evan Liu
2024NYU Winter 20243×3Second round10.3310.95Evan Liu
2024NYU Winter 20243×3 one-handedFinal16.0420.54Evan Liu
2024NYU Winter 20244×4Final36.9642.13Evan Liu
2024Cubing in Mount Kisco 20242×2First round4.844.34Zach Goldman

Full careers: Evan Liu · Zach Goldman. 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.