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Liam Chen vs Stanley Chapel

Two careers, 145 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 Stanley Chapel (United States) have met in 145 rounds across 14 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stanley Chapel leads Liam Chen: 127 finishes in front to 16 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Stanley Chapel holds the faster single in 13, Liam Chen in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLiam Chen singleaverageStanley Chapel singleaverage
3×36.187.285.046.48
2×21.142.820.761.40
4×432.4536.8524.3627.25
5×51:17.471:25.5442.8748.18
3×3 blindfolded14.8316.5214.5215.71
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves35.3319 moves21.67
3×3 one-handed9.7914.209.2511.51
Pyraminx6.629.311.142.02
Skewb4.617.901.372.16
Square-117.1331.025.127.29
4×4 blindfolded1:20.641:42.1551.9659.39
5×5 blindfolded6:13.431:58.592:27.63
3×3 Multi-Blind26 of 27 cubes · 59:0553 of 57 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 145 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 48 meetings2019: 272022: 262023: 482024: 122025: 132026: 19

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLiam ChenStanley Chapelahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round10.097.35Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.078.05Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round16.9517.06Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.6318.36Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal19.9317.10Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round16.1613.01Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.1212.88Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round37.7727.72Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal1:26.8355.15Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal2:50.32Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round7.905.48Stanley Chapel
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round19.4118.33Stanley Chapel
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal16.3016.43Liam Chen
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 Multi-BlindFirst round23 of 26 cubes · 1:00:0049 of 57 cubes · 57:52Stanley Chapel

Full careers: Liam Chen · 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.