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Rowe Hessler vs Tommy Cherry

Two careers, 81 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 Tommy Cherry (United States) have met in 81 rounds across 18 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Rowe Hessler leads Tommy Cherry: 41 finishes in front to 38 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Tommy Cherry holds the faster single in 15, Rowe Hessler in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRowe Hessler singleaverageTommy Cherry singleaverage
3×36.137.474.536.38
2×20.962.250.691.35
4×427.5131.6022.8727.12
5×51:03.681:11.9645.9450.34
6×62:14.212:19.431:27.731:37.35
7×74:02.904:10.902:16.652:27.54
3×3 blindfolded15.1019.4711.5613.97
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.3323 moves26.67
3×3 one-handed11.4113.818.0110.74
Clock11.7514.592.433.28
Megaminx45.9552.7332.5840.53
Pyraminx4.218.941.342.50
Skewb3.945.041.442.80
Square-15.878.565.267.77
4×4 blindfolded1:59.252:24.421:20.341:55.30
5×5 blindfolded4:22.635:57.863:17.045:00.41
3×3 Multi-Blind63 of 66 cubes · 59:5036 of 37 cubes · 57:48

Year by year

every meeting, 81 rounds in all
20152026busiest year: 16 meetings2015: 52016: 162017: 42019: 102023: 112024: 152025: 62026: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRowe HesslerTommy Cherryahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.667.86Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.647.63Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.3714.35Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.4416.83Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal20.8914.19Tommy Cherry
2026Quiet Prep in Palisades 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round21.2215.57Tommy Cherry
2026Quiet Prep in Palisades 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinaltie
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round21.0014.77Tommy Cherry
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal25.1014.72Tommy Cherry
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 Multi-BlindFirst round56 of 64 cubes · 59:15Rowe Hessler
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:37.751:32.01Tommy Cherry
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20264×4 blindfoldedFirst round3:06.413:24.37Rowe Hessler
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20265×5 blindfoldedFirst round6:53.395:01.36Tommy Cherry
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal6:26.953:17.04Tommy Cherry

Full careers: Rowe Hessler · Tommy Cherry. 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.