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Jack Cai vs Tam Quan

Two careers, 229 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 Tam Quan (Australia) have met in 229 rounds across 34 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jack Cai leads Tam Quan: 143 finishes in front to 77 and 9 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Tam Quan holds the faster single in 12, Jack Cai in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJack Cai singleaverageTam Quan singleaverage
3×38.0510.066.849.02
2×21.903.291.683.00
4×435.5943.6435.1242.41
5×51:42.461:52.801:04.831:22.51
6×64:06.044:22.983:18.404:13.42
7×77:25.357:28.196:20.42
3×3 blindfolded16.2218.2716.1319.06
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves40.3325 moves31.33
3×3 one-handed10.1413.1711.5413.94
Clock38.2512.2917.76
Megaminx1:59.542:17.1238.1543.71
Pyraminx3.605.153.626.73
Skewb5.169.604.047.06
Square-156.257.6614.22
4×4 blindfolded2:02.254:34.773:04.93
3×3 Multi-Blind29 of 30 cubes · 59:4024 of 25 cubes · 54:44

Year by year

every meeting, 229 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 77 meetings2016: 102017: 192018: 382019: 772021: 222022: 212023: 112024: 82025: 122026: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJack CaiTam Quanahead
2026Australian Nationals 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round19.3141.97Jack Cai
2026Australian Nationals 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal19.0619.85Jack Cai
2026Australian Nationals 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round21.3123.63Jack Cai
2026Australian Nationals 20263×3 one-handedFirst round13.6216.31Jack Cai
2026Australian Nationals 20263×3 one-handedSecond round13.2016.54Jack Cai
2026Australian Nationals 20264×4First round46.9146.38Tam Quan
2026Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 20262×2First round4.433.84Tam Quan
2026Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 20263×3Second round10.6810.14Tam Quan
2026Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 20263×3First round10.2110.80Jack Cai
2026Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 20263×3 one-handedFirst round13.1715.87Jack Cai
2026Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 20263×3 one-handedFinal14.6717.67Jack Cai
2025Melbourne Cube Days 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.2620.45Tam Quan
2025Melbourne Cube Days 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal44.62Tam Quan
2025Melbourne Cube Days 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal42 movesJack Cai

Full careers: Jack Cai · Tam Quan. 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.