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Rowe Hessler vs Liam Chen

Two careers, 91 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.

Rowe Hessler (United States) and Liam Chen (United States) have met in 91 rounds across 17 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Rowe Hessler leads Liam Chen: 57 finishes in front to 32 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Rowe Hessler holds the faster single in 10, Liam Chen in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRowe Hessler singleaverageLiam Chen singleaverage
3×36.137.476.187.28
2×20.962.251.142.82
4×427.5131.6032.4536.85
5×51:03.681:11.961:17.471:25.54
3×3 blindfolded15.1019.4714.8316.52
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.3326 moves35.33
3×3 one-handed11.4113.819.7914.20
Pyraminx4.218.946.629.31
Skewb3.945.044.617.90
Square-15.878.5617.1331.02
4×4 blindfolded1:59.252:24.421:20.641:42.15
5×5 blindfolded4:22.635:57.866:13.43
3×3 Multi-Blind63 of 66 cubes · 59:5026 of 27 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 91 rounds in all
20152026busiest year: 16 meetings2015: 32016: 52017: 132018: 72019: 12021: 42022: 132023: 92024: 162025: 62026: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRowe HesslerLiam Chenahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.6610.09Rowe Hessler
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.648.07Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.3716.95Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.4418.63Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal20.8919.93Liam Chen
2026Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal22 of 27 cubes · 59:50Liam Chen
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round21.0019.41Liam Chen
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal25.1016.30Liam Chen
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 Multi-BlindFirst round56 of 64 cubes · 59:1523 of 26 cubes · 1:00:00Rowe Hessler
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal53 of 62 cubes · 1:00:0015 of 18 cubes · 51:09Rowe Hessler
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:37.75Rowe Hessler
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20264×4 blindfoldedFirst round3:06.411:42.15Liam Chen
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20265×5 blindfoldedFirst round6:53.398:55.65Rowe Hessler
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal6:26.956:54.79Rowe Hessler

Full careers: Rowe Hessler · Liam Chen. 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.