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Tommy Cherry vs Ash Black

Two careers, 83 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.

Tommy Cherry (United States) and Ash Black (United States) have met in 83 rounds across 6 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Tommy Cherry leads Ash Black: 52 finishes in front to 31.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Tommy Cherry holds the faster single in 13, Ash Black in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTommy Cherry singleaverageAsh Black singleaverage
3×34.536.385.857.50
2×20.691.350.781.97
4×422.8727.1224.0430.14
5×545.9450.3449.2954.29
6×61:27.731:37.351:34.451:41.09
7×72:16.652:27.542:28.822:43.14
3×3 blindfolded11.5613.971:10.141:29.82
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.6722 moves31.00
3×3 one-handed8.0110.7410.0712.37
Clock2.433.285.266.05
Megaminx32.5840.5343.5447.02
Pyraminx1.342.501.562.41
Skewb1.442.801.301.80
Square-15.267.778.0011.65
3×3 Multi-Blind36 of 37 cubes · 57:487 of 9 cubes · 56:34

Year by year

every meeting, 83 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 21 meetings2019: 92022: 212023: 202024: 162025: 112026: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTommy CherryAsh Blackahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.869.36Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.638.45Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round33.2631.64Ash Black
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:02.0354.75Ash Black
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round2:10.721:46.86Ash Black
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20267×7First round3:04.682:43.14Ash Black
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round11.088.88Ash Black
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.958.75Ash Black
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.2115.15Tommy Cherry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round37.5934.49Ash Black
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:08.971:02.05Ash Black
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:00.151:45.00Ash Black
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:26.683:05.26Ash Black
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round48.5749.84Tommy Cherry

Full careers: Tommy Cherry · Ash Black. 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.