Head to head
Mark Boyanowski vs James Macdiarmid
Two careers, 42 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.
Mark Boyanowski (United States) and James Macdiarmid (New Zealand) have met in 42 rounds across 6 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, James Macdiarmid leads Mark Boyanowski: 27 finishes in front to 15.
On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, James Macdiarmid holds the faster single in 11, Mark Boyanowski in 5.
Personal bests, side by side
faster single in bold| Event | Mark Boyanowski single | average | James Macdiarmid single | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.93 | 10.74 | 6.22 | 8.29 |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.77 | 0.86 | 2.97 |
| 4×4 | 37.30 | 43.53 | 28.27 | 35.67 |
| 5×5 | 1:09.93 | 1:17.55 | 57.64 | 1:03.75 |
| 6×6 | 2:03.56 | 2:15.24 | 1:56.98 | 2:03.83 |
| 7×7 | 3:01.70 | 3:07.96 | 3:08.85 | 3:16.28 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 21.48 | 27.23 | 17.53 | 20.61 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 17 moves | 22.33 | 23 moves | 28.67 |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.44 | 19.98 | 14.77 | 17.54 |
| Clock | 15.76 | 19.64 | 6.53 | 8.70 |
| Megaminx | 1:00.69 | 1:10.03 | 35.66 | 39.46 |
| Pyraminx | 3.10 | 6.11 | 3.41 | 5.01 |
| Skewb | 4.28 | 7.75 | 4.04 | 6.35 |
| Square-1 | 16.55 | 24.94 | 15.88 | 19.86 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 2:50.79 | 3:00.65 | 9:49.78 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 47 of 50 cubes · 54:18 | — | 55 of 58 cubes · 59:15 | — |
Year by year
every meeting, 42 rounds in allRecent meetings
newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise| Year | Competition | Event | Round | Mark Boyanowski | James Macdiarmid | ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | 3×3 blindfolded | Second round | 27.53 | 20.61 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | 3×3 blindfolded | First round | 29.51 | 49.48 | Mark Boyanowski |
| 2025 | Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | 3×3 Multi-Blind | Final | 40 of 50 cubes · 1:00:00 | 49 of 54 cubes · 1:00:02 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | 5×5 | First round | 1:13.49 | 1:10.62 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Megaminx | First round | 1:16.42 | 44.83 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Warm Up Seattle 2025 | 3×3 | First round | 12.49 | 9.22 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Warm Up Seattle 2025 | 3×3 | Second round | 11.47 | 9.83 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Warm Up Seattle 2025 | 3×3 | Semi Final | 12.35 | 10.93 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Warm Up Seattle 2025 | 3×3 blindfolded | First round | 21.48 | 21.65 | Mark Boyanowski |
| 2025 | Warm Up Seattle 2025 | 3×3 blindfolded | Final | 28.09 | 21.30 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Warm Up Seattle 2025 | 4×4 | First round | 46.85 | 40.59 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Warm Up Seattle 2025 | 5×5 | First round | 1:19.63 | 1:13.67 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2025 | Warm Up Seattle 2025 | 6×6 | First round | 2:15.24 | 2:08.39 | James Macdiarmid |
| 2019 | WCA World Championship 2019 | 3×3 | First round | 10.74 | 9.76 | James Macdiarmid |
Full careers: Mark Boyanowski · James Macdiarmid. 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.