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Liam Chen vs Timothy Castle

Two careers, 53 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 Timothy Castle (United States) have met in 53 rounds across 6 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Liam Chen leads Timothy Castle: 26 finishes in front to 25 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Timothy Castle holds the faster single in 7, Liam Chen in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLiam Chen singleaverageTimothy Castle singleaverage
3×36.187.285.197.67
2×21.142.820.941.61
4×432.4536.8524.4328.79
5×51:17.471:25.5446.9555.13
3×3 blindfolded14.8316.5216.3024.57
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves35.3326 moves29.67
3×3 one-handed9.7914.2011.0613.53
Pyraminx6.629.312.012.53
Skewb4.617.902.203.50
Square-117.1331.024.737.07
4×4 blindfolded1:20.641:42.153:01.58
5×5 blindfolded6:13.439:16.56
3×3 Multi-Blind26 of 27 cubes · 59:0519 of 21 cubes · 52:48

Year by year

every meeting, 53 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 22 meetings2019: 82022: 82023: 222024: 82025: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLiam ChenTimothy Castleahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.408.63Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.778.47Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round18.2222.38Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round20.3818.64Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.1315.54Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round39.1428.79Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:23.791:01.93Timothy Castle
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round7.9610.31Liam Chen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round8.999.39Liam Chen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round19.9320.08Liam Chen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFinal18.3519.48Liam Chen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedSecond round18.5722.25Liam Chen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round16.5417.05Liam Chen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20244×4First round41.8731.95Timothy Castle

Full careers: Liam Chen · Timothy Castle. 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.