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Matty Hiroto Inaba vs Jacob Nokes

Two careers, 54 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 Jacob Nokes (United States) have met in 54 rounds across 6 competitions since 2021. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Matty Hiroto Inaba leads Jacob Nokes: 48 finishes in front to 6.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Matty Hiroto Inaba holds the faster single in 5, Jacob Nokes in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMatty Hiroto Inaba singleaverageJacob Nokes singleaverage
3×33.594.725.136.66
2×21.072.141.292.34
4×417.1020.7222.8026.44
5×536.3740.3738.2744.26
6×61:12.981:19.861:11.511:23.16
7×71:58.262:08.541:56.312:04.21
3×3 one-handed6.3810.3711.1813.09
Megaminx1:32.081:36.1345.1351.13
Pyraminx3.886.002.494.14
Skewb9.2614.122.655.53

Year by year

every meeting, 54 rounds in all
20212025busiest year: 16 meetings2021: 102023: 132024: 162025: 15

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMatty Hiroto InabaJacob Nokesahead
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3First round5.267.27Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20255×5First round42.4249.05Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20255×5Final41.9347.37Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20256×6Final1:29.481:33.02Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round5.607.13Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round6.567.22Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round10.9016.32Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4Second round23.8428.12Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round20.7227.50Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round42.1348.76Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5Second round41.8847.18Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6Second round1:25.491:29.30Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:23.781:28.97Matty Hiroto Inaba
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:31.332:21.65Jacob Nokes

Full careers: Matty Hiroto Inaba · Jacob Nokes. 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.