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Lim Hung (林弘) vs Zijian Cai (蔡子健)

Two careers, 125 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 Zijian Cai (蔡子健) (China) have met in 125 rounds across 8 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Zijian Cai (蔡子健) leads Lim Hung (林弘): 82 finishes in front to 43.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Zijian Cai (蔡子健) holds the faster single in 7, Lim Hung (林弘) in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLim Hung (林弘) singleaverageZijian Cai (蔡子健) singleaverage
3×34.326.564.125.84
2×21.072.310.691.64
4×420.4124.0918.8222.42
5×533.8238.1237.4243.99
6×61:02.161:04.941:25.621:30.22
7×71:32.921:40.652:18.092:27.09
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves34.3326 moves30.33
3×3 one-handed8.5011.617.779.84
Clock3.875.246.416.96
Megaminx35.8943.5631.4134.94
Pyraminx2.344.411.492.32
Skewb1.223.571.222.95
Square-15.438.456.5010.32

Year by year

every meeting, 125 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 83 meetings2023: 122024: 152025: 152026: 83

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLim Hung (林弘)Zijian Cai (蔡子健)ahead
2026Selangor Cube Open 20262×2First round3.722.33Zijian Cai (蔡子健)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20263×3Final7.387.11Zijian Cai (蔡子健)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20263×3Second round6.826.59Zijian Cai (蔡子健)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20263×3First round7.626.17Zijian Cai (蔡子健)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.3810.74Zijian Cai (蔡子健)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20263×3 one-handedFinal15.4911.59Zijian Cai (蔡子健)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20264×4First round28.0523.01Zijian Cai (蔡子健)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20264×4Final26.9324.27Zijian Cai (蔡子健)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20265×5First round42.6245.58Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20265×5Final39.6048.74Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20266×6First round1:14.641:34.98Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20266×6Final1:10.221:32.75Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20267×7Final1:46.622:27.09Lim Hung (林弘)
2026Selangor Cube Open 20267×7First round1:45.602:32.12Lim Hung (林弘)

Full careers: Lim Hung (林弘) · Zijian Cai (蔡子健). 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.