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Matty Hiroto Inaba vs Alexey Tsvetkov

Two careers, 40 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.

Matty Hiroto Inaba (United States) and Alexey Tsvetkov (Russia) have met in 40 rounds across 5 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Matty Hiroto Inaba leads Alexey Tsvetkov: 21 finishes in front to 19.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 7 shared events, Matty Hiroto Inaba holds the faster single in 4, Alexey Tsvetkov in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMatty Hiroto Inaba singleaverageAlexey Tsvetkov singleaverage
3×33.594.723.955.50
2×21.072.140.711.09
4×417.1020.7222.6226.53
5×536.3740.371:12.961:22.05
3×3 one-handed6.3810.376.948.73
Pyraminx3.886.000.951.47
Skewb9.2614.121.222.32

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 27 meetings2019: 62023: 72025: 27

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMatty Hiroto InabaAlexey Tsvetkovahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.491.53Alexey Tsvetkov
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round5.605.92Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Final5.476.59Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round6.565.55Alexey Tsvetkov
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Semi Final6.106.09Alexey Tsvetkov
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round10.9011.49Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round11.4510.23Alexey Tsvetkov
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4Second round23.8429.13Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round20.7228.65Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3First round5.835.62Alexey Tsvetkov
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Final6.325.73Alexey Tsvetkov
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Second round5.766.57Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Semi Final5.855.88Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3 one-handedFinal11.679.98Alexey Tsvetkov

Full careers: Matty Hiroto Inaba · Alexey Tsvetkov. 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.