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Stanley Chapel vs Andrew Tao

Two careers, 54 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.

Stanley Chapel (United States) and Andrew Tao (United States) have met in 54 rounds across 10 competitions since 2024. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stanley Chapel leads Andrew Tao: 44 finishes in front to 10.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 7 shared events, Stanley Chapel holds the faster single in 6, Andrew Tao in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventStanley Chapel singleaverageAndrew Tao singleaverage
3×35.046.487.799.61
2×20.761.404.265.80
3×3 blindfolded14.5215.7116.6520.89
3×3 one-handed9.2511.5123.2428.86
4×4 blindfolded51.9659.392:16.052:39.01
5×5 blindfolded1:58.592:27.635:15.96
3×3 Multi-Blind53 of 57 cubes · 59:0560 of 63 cubes · 58:36

Year by year

every meeting, 54 rounds in all
20242026busiest year: 24 meetings2024: 112025: 242026: 19

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundStanley ChapelAndrew Taoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.3510.99Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.059.78Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.3627.74Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal17.1017.40Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round17.0619.43Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.8842.49Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal55.152:26.30Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal2:50.326:43.09Stanley Chapel
2026New York Multimate PBQ IV 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.9716.65Stanley Chapel
2026New York Multimate PBQ IV 20263×3 Multi-BlindFirst round53 of 57 cubes · 59:0559 of 63 cubes · 1:00:02Andrew Tao
2026New York Multimate PBQ IV 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal4 of 6 cubes · 4:1956 of 61 cubes · 1:00:00Andrew Tao
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.3330.33Stanley Chapel
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal16.4320.98Stanley Chapel
2026Multi Mayhem VA 20263×3 Multi-BlindFirst round49 of 57 cubes · 57:5256 of 60 cubes · 58:43Andrew Tao

Full careers: Stanley Chapel · Andrew Tao. 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.