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Tommy Cherry vs Elliott Kobelansky

Two careers, 73 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 Elliott Kobelansky (Canada) have met in 73 rounds across 6 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Tommy Cherry leads Elliott Kobelansky: 55 finishes in front to 17 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Tommy Cherry holds the faster single in 14, Elliott Kobelansky in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTommy Cherry singleaverageElliott Kobelansky singleaverage
3×34.536.386.729.58
2×20.691.351.573.08
4×422.8727.1232.1441.82
5×545.9450.341:13.841:20.80
6×61:27.731:37.352:56.503:05.93
7×72:16.652:27.545:09.675:42.24
3×3 blindfolded11.5613.9713.2415.05
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.6720 moves28.00
3×3 one-handed8.0110.749.4813.77
Clock2.433.289.6410.37
Megaminx32.5840.531:10.661:20.01
Pyraminx1.342.502.755.89
Skewb1.442.803.435.41
Square-15.267.7714.5021.60
4×4 blindfolded1:20.341:55.301:21.892:08.46
5×5 blindfolded3:17.045:00.412:56.276:35.26
3×3 Multi-Blind36 of 37 cubes · 57:4848 of 50 cubes · 58:21

Year by year

every meeting, 73 rounds in all
20222024busiest year: 52 meetings2022: 92023: 522024: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTommy CherryElliott Kobelanskyahead
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round13.9915.53Tommy Cherry
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFinal16.1916.40Tommy Cherry
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedSecond round16.3316.52Elliott Kobelansky
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 Multi-BlindFinal44 of 50 cubes · 57:42Elliott Kobelansky
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedSecond round12.6714.28Tommy Cherry
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round11.8915.00Tommy Cherry
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20244×4 blindfoldedFinal1:58.991:25.76Elliott Kobelansky
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20245×5 blindfoldedFinal4:19.544:37.65Tommy Cherry
2024Gros Jouets à Montréal 20244×4 blindfoldedFinal1:21.89Elliott Kobelansky
2024Gros Jouets à Montréal 20245×5 blindfoldedFinal6:19.876:44.36Tommy Cherry
2024Gros Jouets à Montréal 20246×6First round1:52.283:18.44Tommy Cherry
2024Gros Jouets à Montréal 20247×7First round2:39.855:09.67Tommy Cherry
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round16.2516.38Elliott Kobelansky
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFinal14.1518.11Tommy Cherry

Full careers: Tommy Cherry · Elliott Kobelansky. 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.