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Robert Yau vs Stanley Chapel

Two careers, 65 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.

Robert Yau (United Kingdom) and Stanley Chapel (United States) have met in 65 rounds across 6 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stanley Chapel leads Robert Yau: 35 finishes in front to 30.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Stanley Chapel holds the faster single in 12, Robert Yau in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRobert Yau singleaverageStanley Chapel singleaverage
3×36.297.875.046.48
2×21.292.260.761.40
4×423.4627.9624.3627.25
5×549.2155.6042.8748.18
6×61:35.541:44.651:22.691:28.82
7×72:40.322:45.732:06.542:14.56
3×3 blindfolded1:15.331:36.0214.5215.71
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves25.0019 moves21.67
3×3 one-handed8.4412.149.2511.51
Clock7.599.503.153.55
Megaminx40.9447.9936.9441.32
Pyraminx2.113.951.142.02
Skewb2.734.731.372.16
Square-18.4313.065.127.29
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:0753 of 57 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 65 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 31 meetings2017: 162019: 312023: 102025: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRobert YauStanley Chapelahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.427.81Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.737.06Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round14.4017.38Robert Yau
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4Second round32.5631.57Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round29.9127.91Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:02.4651.53Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:01.851:30.59Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:56.502:33.83Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round2.432.33Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2Second round4.362.40Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round9.187.23Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round8.817.71Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal24 moves35.00Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round13.7715.09Robert Yau

Full careers: Robert Yau · Stanley Chapel. 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.