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Matty Hiroto Inaba vs Jerry Yao

Two careers, 119 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 Jerry Yao (United States) have met in 119 rounds across 9 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Matty Hiroto Inaba leads Jerry Yao: 104 finishes in front to 15.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Matty Hiroto Inaba holds the faster single in 6, Jerry Yao in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMatty Hiroto Inaba singleaverageJerry Yao singleaverage
3×33.594.724.035.78
2×21.072.140.701.32
4×417.1020.7220.5725.71
5×536.3740.3738.9144.10
6×61:12.981:19.861:23.301:29.79
7×71:58.262:08.542:13.432:23.14
3×3 one-handed6.3810.378.0010.38
Megaminx1:32.081:36.1357.051:07.92
Pyraminx3.886.003.295.31
Skewb9.2614.124.487.47

Year by year

every meeting, 119 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 35 meetings2022: 352023: 222024: 342025: 132026: 15

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMatty Hiroto InabaJerry Yaoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Final5.707.35Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final5.606.40Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round5.996.48Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round5.686.68Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round12.6613.13Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round11.8512.66Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round24.6126.22Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round23.5426.39Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Final23.8226.10Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Second round42.5944.10Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round41.8744.95Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Final42.4947.14Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round1:19.981:30.79Matty Hiroto Inaba
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6Final1:19.861:31.60Matty Hiroto Inaba

Full careers: Matty Hiroto Inaba · Jerry Yao. 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.