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James Macdiarmid vs Stanley Chapel

Two careers, 45 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.

James Macdiarmid (New Zealand) and Stanley Chapel (United States) have met in 45 rounds across 8 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stanley Chapel leads James Macdiarmid: 35 finishes in front to 10.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Stanley Chapel holds the faster single in 14, James Macdiarmid in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJames Macdiarmid singleaverageStanley Chapel singleaverage
3×36.228.295.046.48
2×20.862.970.761.40
4×428.2735.6724.3627.25
5×557.641:03.7542.8748.18
6×61:56.982:03.831:22.691:28.82
7×73:08.853:16.282:06.542:14.56
3×3 blindfolded17.5320.6114.5215.71
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves28.6719 moves21.67
3×3 one-handed14.7717.549.2511.51
Clock6.538.703.153.55
Megaminx35.6639.4636.9441.32
Pyraminx3.415.011.142.02
Skewb4.046.351.372.16
Square-115.8819.865.127.29
4×4 blindfolded9:49.7851.9659.39
3×3 Multi-Blind55 of 58 cubes · 59:1553 of 57 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 45 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 18 meetings2017: 132018: 62019: 182024: 12025: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJames MacdiarmidStanley Chapelahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal25.1318.18Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round20.6115.94Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round49.4818.84Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal49 of 54 cubes · 1:00:02James Macdiarmid
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:10.6251.53Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round44.8348.70James Macdiarmid
2025Warm Up Seattle PBQ 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal47 of 54 cubes · 59:5133 of 33 cubes · 41:21James Macdiarmid
2024FMC 20243×3 Fewest MovesFinal33 moves25.67Stanley Chapel
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round9.768.06Stanley Chapel
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Second round10.899.12Stanley Chapel
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 blindfoldedFirst round59.9621.18Stanley Chapel
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.19Stanley Chapel
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 Fewest MovesFinal26 moves29.33Stanley Chapel
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 Multi-BlindFinal12 of 16 cubes · 49:2039 of 42 cubes · 55:43Stanley Chapel

Full careers: James Macdiarmid · Stanley Chapel. 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.