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Liam Chen vs Tommy Cherry

Two careers, 90 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 Tommy Cherry (United States) have met in 90 rounds across 11 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Tommy Cherry leads Liam Chen: 71 finishes in front to 17 and 2 ties.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLiam Chen singleaverageTommy Cherry singleaverage
3×36.187.284.536.38
2×21.142.820.691.35
4×432.4536.8522.8727.12
5×51:17.471:25.5445.9450.34
3×3 blindfolded14.8316.5211.5613.97
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves35.3323 moves26.67
3×3 one-handed9.7914.208.0110.74
Pyraminx6.629.311.342.50
Skewb4.617.901.442.80
Square-117.1331.025.267.77
4×4 blindfolded1:20.641:42.151:20.341:55.30
5×5 blindfolded6:13.433:17.045:00.41
3×3 Multi-Blind26 of 27 cubes · 59:0536 of 37 cubes · 57:48

Year by year

every meeting, 90 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 22 meetings2017: 32019: 62022: 122023: 222024: 122025: 132026: 22

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLiam ChenTommy Cherryahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round10.097.86Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.077.63Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round16.9514.35Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.6316.83Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal19.9314.19Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round16.1613.17Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.1213.60Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round37.7733.26Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal1:26.831:37.28Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal5:33.90Tommy Cherry
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.3513.32Tommy Cherry
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal17.5615.06Tommy Cherry
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round16.7612.30Tommy Cherry
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal1:20.641:23.87Liam Chen

Full careers: Liam Chen · Tommy Cherry. 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.