Head to head

Liam Chen vs Noah Swor

Two careers, 71 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.

Liam Chen (United States) and Noah Swor (United States) have met in 71 rounds across 8 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Noah Swor leads Liam Chen: 51 finishes in front to 16 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Noah Swor holds the faster single in 12, Liam Chen in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold

Event	Liam Chen single	average	Noah Swor single	average
3×3	6.18	7.28	5.93	6.99
2×2	1.14	2.82	0.81	1.59
4×4	32.45	36.85	23.41	24.63
5×5	1:17.47	1:25.54	44.72	50.90
3×3 blindfolded	14.83	16.52	13.86	16.39
3×3 Fewest Moves	26 moves	35.33	20 moves	22.33
3×3 one-handed	9.79	14.20	8.34	11.41
Pyraminx	6.62	9.31	1.40	2.56
Skewb	4.61	7.90	1.32	2.73
Square-1	17.13	31.02	4.50	6.57
4×4 blindfolded	1:20.64	1:42.15	1:23.84	1:45.48
5×5 blindfolded	6:13.43	—	4:39.13	7:37.81
3×3 Multi-Blind	26 of 27 cubes · 59:05	—	37 of 39 cubes · 58:34	—

Year by year

every meeting, 71 rounds in all

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise

Year	Competition	Event	Round	Liam Chen	Noah Swor	ahead
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3	Second round	10.09	9.02	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3	First round	8.07	7.11	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3 blindfolded	First round	18.63	18.33	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3 blindfolded	Final	19.93	15.74	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3 blindfolded	Second round	16.95	14.83	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3 Multi-Blind	Final	22 of 28 cubes · 54:09	35 of 42 cubes · 58:19	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3 one-handed	Second round	16.16	13.47	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	3×3 one-handed	First round	15.12	12.57	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	4×4	First round	37.77	24.63	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	4×4 blindfolded	Final	1:26.83	1:45.48	Noah Swor
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	5×5 blindfolded	Final	—	—	tie
2026	Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026	Skewb	First round	7.90	3.85	Noah Swor
2026	Multi Mayhem VA 2026	3×3 blindfolded	First round	19.41	17.25	Noah Swor
2026	Multi Mayhem VA 2026	3×3 blindfolded	Final	16.30	15.70	Noah Swor

Full careers: Liam Chen · Noah Swor. 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.