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Jack Cai vs James Macdiarmid

Two careers, 78 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.

Jack Cai (Australia) and James Macdiarmid (New Zealand) have met in 78 rounds across 10 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, James Macdiarmid leads Jack Cai: 44 finishes in front to 32 and 2 ties.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJack Cai singleaverageJames Macdiarmid singleaverage
3×38.0510.066.228.29
2×21.903.290.862.97
4×435.5943.6428.2735.67
5×51:42.461:52.8057.641:03.75
6×64:06.044:22.981:56.982:03.83
7×77:25.357:28.193:08.853:16.28
3×3 blindfolded16.2218.2717.5320.61
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves40.3323 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed10.1413.1714.7717.54
Clock38.256.538.70
Megaminx1:59.542:17.1235.6639.46
Pyraminx3.605.153.415.01
Skewb5.169.604.046.35
Square-156.2515.8819.86
4×4 blindfolded2:02.254:34.779:49.78
3×3 Multi-Blind29 of 30 cubes · 59:4055 of 58 cubes · 59:15

Year by year

every meeting, 78 rounds in all
20162022busiest year: 34 meetings2016: 122017: 342018: 142019: 102022: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJack CaiJames Macdiarmidahead
2022Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 20223×3First round11.669.89James Macdiarmid
2022Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 20223×3Second round11.2611.04James Macdiarmid
2022Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedFirst round36.0926.69James Macdiarmid
2022Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedFinal19.93Jack Cai
2022Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedSecond round25.4949.70Jack Cai
2022Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 20223×3 Fewest MovesFinal55 moves31.00James Macdiarmid
2022Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 20224×4First round54.0541.43James Macdiarmid
2022Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 20225×5First round2:41.901:22.13James Macdiarmid
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round14.839.76James Macdiarmid
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.99Jack Cai
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 blindfoldedFirst round23.2959.96Jack Cai
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 Multi-BlindFinal20 of 24 cubes · 1:00:0012 of 16 cubes · 49:20Jack Cai
2019Warm Up Sydney 20193×3First round12.489.76James Macdiarmid
2019Warm Up Sydney 20193×3 blindfoldedFirst round19.911:16.13Jack Cai

Full careers: Jack Cai · 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.