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Mats Valk vs Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)

Two careers, 100 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.

Mats Valk (Netherlands) and Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) (Chinese Taipei) have met in 100 rounds across 8 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Mats Valk leads Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡): 56 finishes in front to 44.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Mats Valk holds the faster single in 7, Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMats Valk singleaverageYi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) singleaverage
3×34.746.205.456.96
2×20.561.921.012.19
4×420.3024.1021.0524.04
5×542.3349.4140.1843.38
6×61:22.911:36.531:22.041:27.89
7×72:19.632:24.442:04.422:14.37
3×3 blindfolded1:32.562:07.7453.172:58.00
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.3328 moves33.00
3×3 one-handed9.2312.0210.1711.98
Clock10.5813.669.5712.07
Megaminx41.7149.2349.3359.20
Pyraminx3.605.733.506.38
Skewb4.848.013.615.62
Square-110.9014.2416.7124.23

Year by year

every meeting, 100 rounds in all
20162023busiest year: 45 meetings2016: 122017: 452018: 162019: 192023: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMats ValkYi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)ahead
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round6.207.31Mats Valk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round7.957.60Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4Second round27.2427.26Mats Valk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round28.0224.47Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5Second round56.9153.01Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5First round57.6252.38Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20236×6First round1:42.311:38.77Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20237×7First round2:43.732:39.69Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Semi Final7.817.78Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Second round7.528.64Mats Valk
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round6.657.79Mats Valk
2019WCA World Championship 20194×4Second round28.4730.59Mats Valk
2019WCA World Championship 20194×4First round31.2429.89Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
2019WCA World Championship 20194×4Final27.9429.11Mats Valk

Full careers: Mats Valk · Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡). 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.