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Mark Boyanowski vs Liam Chen

Two careers, 51 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 Liam Chen (United States) have met in 51 rounds across 8 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Liam Chen leads Mark Boyanowski: 42 finishes in front to 9.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Mark Boyanowski holds the faster single in 7, Liam Chen in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMark Boyanowski singleaverageLiam Chen singleaverage
3×38.9310.746.187.28
2×22.473.771.142.82
4×437.3043.5332.4536.85
5×51:09.931:17.551:17.471:25.54
3×3 blindfolded21.4827.2314.8316.52
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves22.3326 moves35.33
3×3 one-handed14.4419.989.7914.20
Pyraminx3.106.116.629.31
Skewb4.287.754.617.90
Square-116.5524.9417.1331.02
4×4 blindfolded2:50.793:00.651:20.641:42.15
5×5 blindfolded5:33.606:44.316:13.43
3×3 Multi-Blind47 of 50 cubes · 54:1826 of 27 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 51 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 15 meetings2019: 152022: 82023: 92024: 62025: 82026: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMark BoyanowskiLiam Chenahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round12.468.07Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round31.6818.63Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round29.9216.95Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal37 of 45 cubes · 58:5922 of 28 cubes · 54:09Mark Boyanowski
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round50.2937.77Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round11.888.40Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round27.5318.22Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round29.5120.38Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal40 of 50 cubes · 1:00:0026 of 27 cubes · 59:05Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round22.1215.13Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round45.4239.14Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:13.491:23.79Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal8:30.947:04.81Liam Chen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round12.748.99Liam Chen

Full careers: Mark Boyanowski · Liam Chen. 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.