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Lim Hung (林弘) vs Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)

Two careers, 40 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.

Lim Hung (林弘) (Malaysia) and Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) (China) have met in 40 rounds across 2 competitions since 2024. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Lim Hung (林弘) leads Zhiyuan Ma (马之元): 22 finishes in front to 18.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Lim Hung (林弘) holds the faster single in 10, Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLim Hung (林弘) singleaverageZhiyuan Ma (马之元) singleaverage
3×34.326.565.436.58
2×21.072.310.731.54
4×420.4124.0920.8625.73
5×533.8238.1239.7143.73
6×61:02.161:04.941:31.831:38.09
7×71:32.921:40.652:16.762:29.51
3×3 blindfolded38.331:15.3922.6227.47
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves34.3322 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed8.5011.618.4010.86
Clock3.875.244.025.27
Megaminx35.8943.5643.5746.40
Pyraminx2.344.411.562.42
Skewb1.223.571.212.23
Square-15.438.456.689.97
4×4 blindfolded3:28.024:09.836:37.19
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 10:443 of 3 cubes · 15:10

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20242026busiest year: 21 meetings2024: 192026: 21

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLim Hung (林弘)Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)ahead
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20262×2First round3.112.05Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20262×2Second round3.253.34Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3First round7.927.63Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3Second round7.927.65Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3Semi Final7.847.91Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3 one-handedFirst round14.1011.65Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20264×4First round27.3126.67Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20264×4Second round27.0629.39Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20265×5Final43.4651.09Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20265×5First round43.4851.83Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20266×6First round1:16.291:42.09Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20266×6Final1:14.061:39.74Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20267×7First round1:47.942:52.50Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026ClockFirst round6.276.29Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)

Full careers: Lim Hung (林弘) · Zhiyuan Ma (马之元). 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.