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Jibo Zhao (赵吉波) vs Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)

Two careers, 63 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.

Jibo Zhao (赵吉波) (China) and Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) (China) have met in 63 rounds across 20 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) leads Jibo Zhao (赵吉波): 41 finishes in front to 22.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) holds the faster single in 8, Jibo Zhao (赵吉波) in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJibo Zhao (赵吉波) singleaverageYiwei Liu (刘伊玮) singleaverage
3×310.5912.448.5710.87
2×22.504.182.234.09
4×432.8038.9544.3651.29
3×3 blindfolded1:55.992:36.8920.6825.88
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves21.0017 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed20.5324.1213.6215.75
Square-149.1853.6711.4215.02
4×4 blindfolded8:49.066:07.95
5×5 blindfolded24:10.0020:38.00
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 51:4915 of 15 cubes · 57:02

Year by year

every meeting, 63 rounds in all
20152026busiest year: 22 meetings2015: 42017: 222018: 142024: 82025: 62026: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJibo Zhao (赵吉波)Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)ahead
2026More Than One Cube Shanghai 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round22.6724.00Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2026More Than One Cube Shanghai 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21.0022.33Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2026More Than One Cube Shanghai 20263×3 Fewest MovesSecond round24.6724.33Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026Please Don't DNF Beijing 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round23.0024.00Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2026Please Don't DNF Beijing 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.3322 movesJibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2026FMCanton Haizhu 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.0025 movesJibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2026FMCanton Haizhu 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round22.6723.33Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2026FMCanton Nansha 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round25.0023.33Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026FMCanton Nansha 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.6724.00Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2025FMC Cubing China 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.0023 movesJibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2025FMC under the Mistletoe 20253×3 Fewest MovesFirst round21.6723.00Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2025FMC under the Mistletoe 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.3321.67Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2025FMC Asia 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.3325.00Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)
2025Please Be Quiet Shanghai 20253×3 Fewest MovesFirst round27.0023.67Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)

Full careers: Jibo Zhao (赵吉波) · Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮). 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.