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Noah Swor vs Matt Mao

Two careers, 50 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.

Noah Swor (United States) and Matt Mao (China) have met in 50 rounds across 3 competitions since 2024. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Noah Swor leads Matt Mao: 38 finishes in front to 11 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Noah Swor holds the faster single in 16, Matt Mao in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNoah Swor singleaverageMatt Mao singleaverage
3×35.936.996.577.93
2×20.811.590.921.71
4×423.4124.6328.3432.93
5×544.7250.9057.341:02.44
6×61:28.971:37.392:02.242:09.47
7×72:26.342:32.302:53.893:05.42
3×3 blindfolded13.8616.3928.7344.25
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves22.3326 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed8.3411.419.8412.10
Clock3.244.063.083.66
Megaminx35.7742.6937.2841.82
Pyraminx1.402.561.883.54
Skewb1.322.732.824.18
Square-14.506.575.246.25
4×4 blindfolded1:23.841:45.485:08.72
5×5 blindfolded4:39.137:37.8113:53.00
3×3 Multi-Blind37 of 39 cubes · 58:346 of 7 cubes · 38:39

Year by year

every meeting, 50 rounds in all
20242026busiest year: 20 meetings2024: 202025: 162026: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNoah SworMatt Maoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.142.21Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.701.97Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.119.39Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.3333.31Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round13.4716.13Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.5715.08Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round24.6336.50Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round58.211:12.14Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026ClockFirst round4.556.54Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round4.074.21Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round3.855.20Noah Swor
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round7.297.00Matt Mao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Final8.907.22Matt Mao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Second round7.826.69Matt Mao

Full careers: Noah Swor · Matt Mao. 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.