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Mason Langenderfer vs Liam Chen

Two careers, 68 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.

Mason Langenderfer (United States) and Liam Chen (United States) have met in 68 rounds across 9 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Liam Chen leads Mason Langenderfer: 34 finishes in front to 30 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Mason Langenderfer holds the faster single in 10, Liam Chen in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMason Langenderfer singleaverageLiam Chen singleaverage
3×36.348.326.187.28
2×20.852.051.142.82
4×428.9032.3132.4536.85
5×557.541:05.851:17.471:25.54
3×3 blindfolded17.3024.6914.8316.52
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves29.6726 moves35.33
3×3 one-handed8.3511.649.7914.20
Pyraminx2.303.406.629.31
Skewb1.082.624.617.90
Square-19.6414.1317.1331.02
4×4 blindfolded2:12.402:47.761:20.641:42.15
5×5 blindfolded5:39.9311:01.006:13.43
3×3 Multi-Blind28 of 31 cubes · 52:0226 of 27 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 68 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 20 meetings2019: 42022: 82023: 202024: 142025: 102026: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMason LangenderferLiam Chenahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.3010.09Mason Langenderfer
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round9.738.07Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round29.3218.63Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal23.5519.93Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round23.3916.95Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal27 of 31 cubes · 1:00:0022 of 28 cubes · 54:09Mason Langenderfer
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round14.7616.16Mason Langenderfer
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round14.4415.12Mason Langenderfer
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round36.6937.77Mason Langenderfer
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:43.061:26.83Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinaltie
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.607.90Mason Langenderfer
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal2:32.251:40.88Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.148.40Liam Chen

Full careers: Mason Langenderfer · 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.