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Luke Tycksen vs Jerry Yao

Two careers, 58 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.

Luke Tycksen (United States) and Jerry Yao (United States) have met in 58 rounds across 4 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Luke Tycksen leads Jerry Yao: 34 finishes in front to 24.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Luke Tycksen holds the faster single in 8, Jerry Yao in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLuke Tycksen singleaverageJerry Yao singleaverage
3×34.686.474.035.78
2×21.422.450.701.32
4×420.0824.9520.5725.71
5×541.3548.2238.9144.10
6×61:21.021:28.621:23.301:29.79
7×72:12.882:24.392:13.432:23.14
3×3 blindfolded2:45.922:01.112:45.42
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves36.6738 moves42.67
3×3 one-handed8.419.878.0010.38
Clock7.998.8710.6312.95
Megaminx38.6745.4757.051:07.92
Pyraminx2.785.653.295.31
Skewb2.504.044.487.47
Square-18.7011.638.0210.35

Year by year

every meeting, 58 rounds in all
20222025busiest year: 17 meetings2022: 152023: 172024: 142025: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLuke TycksenJerry Yaoahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.426.97Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.257.08Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round10.7712.42Luke Tycksen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round10.6412.50Luke Tycksen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4Second round25.9828.89Luke Tycksen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round24.9525.91Luke Tycksen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round51.7545.18Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5Second round48.4147.18Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6Second round1:42.631:33.34Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:43.391:32.04Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:32.452:37.76Luke Tycksen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7Second round2:53.052:23.40Jerry Yao
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round3.871.95Jerry Yao
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2First round3.631.95Jerry Yao

Full careers: Luke Tycksen · Jerry Yao. 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.