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Hong Zhang (张宏) vs Yan Xuan (宣炎)

Two careers, 72 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.

Hong Zhang (张宏) (China) and Yan Xuan (宣炎) (China) have met in 72 rounds across 10 competitions since 2010. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Yan Xuan (宣炎) leads Hong Zhang (张宏): 41 finishes in front to 29 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Yan Xuan (宣炎) holds the faster single in 13, Hong Zhang (张宏) in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventHong Zhang (张宏) singleaverageYan Xuan (宣炎) singleaverage
3×310.9114.819.2312.01
2×22.684.963.404.49
4×457.751:04.4151.4554.57
5×51:40.081:47.461:22.881:25.89
6×63:19.143:34.662:25.922:42.31
7×74:49.025:00.213:40.983:46.42
3×3 blindfolded1:27.051:44.061:26.362:43.98
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.6726 moves28.00
3×3 one-handed36.7846.3016.1817.62
Clock21.4426.0516.3120.15
Megaminx2:08.442:59.701:33.771:43.75
Pyraminx4.726.534.4711.31
Skewb10.4213.1112.0812.68
Square-116.5528.7222.0931.11
4×4 blindfolded14:24.008:43.77
5×5 blindfolded30:03.0023:13.00
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 7 cubes · 51:033 of 4 cubes · 23:55

Year by year

every meeting, 72 rounds in all
20102011busiest year: 42 meetings2010: 422011: 30

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundHong Zhang (张宏)Yan Xuan (宣炎)ahead
2011Human Rights Day 20112×2First round6.295.38Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20112×2Final5.525.25Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20113×3Second round18.4015.14Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20113×3First round18.1615.38Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20113×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:40.021:32.55Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20113×3 blindfoldedFinal1:57.44Hong Zhang (张宏)
2011Human Rights Day 20113×3 Fewest MovesFinal40 moves36 movesYan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20113×3 with feetFinal3:05.931:35.64Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20113×3 Multi-BlindFinal4 of 6 cubes · 46:26Hong Zhang (张宏)
2011Human Rights Day 20113×3 one-handedFirst round50.8422.36Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20114×4First round1:14.541:01.49Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20114×4 blindfoldedFinaltie
2011Human Rights Day 20115×5Final2:10.701:46.41Yan Xuan (宣炎)
2011Human Rights Day 20115×5 blindfoldedFinaltie

Full careers: Hong Zhang (张宏) · Yan Xuan (宣炎). 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.