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Stanley Chapel 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.

Stanley Chapel (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, Stanley Chapel leads Matt Mao: 38 finishes in front to 12.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventStanley Chapel singleaverageMatt Mao singleaverage
3×35.046.486.577.93
2×20.761.400.921.71
4×424.3627.2528.3432.93
5×542.8748.1857.341:02.44
6×61:22.691:28.822:02.242:09.47
7×72:06.542:14.562:53.893:05.42
3×3 blindfolded14.5215.7128.7344.25
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.6726 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed9.2511.519.8412.10
Clock3.153.553.083.66
Megaminx36.9441.3237.2841.82
Pyraminx1.142.021.883.54
Skewb1.372.162.824.18
Square-15.127.295.246.25
4×4 blindfolded51.9659.395:08.72
5×5 blindfolded1:58.592:27.6313:53.00
3×3 Multi-Blind53 of 57 cubes · 59:056 of 7 cubes · 38:39

Year by year

every meeting, 50 rounds in all
20242026busiest year: 21 meetings2024: 212025: 152026: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundStanley ChapelMatt Maoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.042.21Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round2.411.97Matt Mao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.059.39Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.3633.31Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round13.0116.13Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.8815.08Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round27.7236.50Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round52.141:12.14Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026ClockFirst round3.806.54Matt Mao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round2.234.21Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round5.485.20Matt Mao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round7.847.00Matt Mao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Final8.817.22Matt Mao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Second round7.806.69Matt Mao

Full careers: Stanley Chapel · 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.