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Thomas Patterson vs Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)

Two careers, 108 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.

Thomas Patterson (United Kingdom) and Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) (China) have met in 108 rounds across 14 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Thomas Patterson leads Mengfei Shen (沈梦非): 55 finishes in front to 52 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) holds the faster single in 12, Thomas Patterson in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventThomas Patterson singleaverageMengfei Shen (沈梦非) singleaverage
3×36.638.388.579.80
2×21.243.232.224.07
4×431.5835.9930.9035.08
5×51:04.441:10.2359.681:06.86
6×62:17.322:24.482:04.702:05.59
7×73:31.953:35.903:12.243:26.48
3×3 blindfolded22.8527.0520.7323.21
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves30.0026 moves32.00
3×3 one-handed16.4123.0515.4919.07
Clock11.6614.417.818.85
Megaminx39.1247.771:01.591:07.24
Pyraminx2.574.114.857.03
Skewb3.165.453.846.09
Square-122.0128.9421.7630.31
4×4 blindfolded2:42.684:02.762:01.292:37.44
5×5 blindfolded6:55.644:50.265:43.93
3×3 Multi-Blind37 of 41 cubes · 59:3035 of 35 cubes · 54:43

Year by year

every meeting, 108 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 41 meetings2018: 112019: 102023: 342024: 412025: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundThomas PattersonMengfei Shen (沈梦非)ahead
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3Second round9.7510.91Thomas Patterson
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3First round9.719.80Thomas Patterson
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round23.8126.33Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal30.6024.20Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal30 of 33 cubes · 53:5835 of 35 cubes · 54:43Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round24.3220.05Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20254×4First round39.3639.52Thomas Patterson
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal3:24.282:10.10Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20255×5First round1:19.771:08.13Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal5:19.33Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2025Rubik's UK Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round58.571:16.33Thomas Patterson
2025Rubik's UK Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round5.049.84Thomas Patterson
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20243×3 blindfoldedFinal29.72Thomas Patterson
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20243×3 blindfoldedSecond round31.5420.73Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)

Full careers: Thomas Patterson · Mengfei Shen (沈梦非). 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.