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Tommy Cherry vs Ethan Zhuang

Two careers, 68 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 Ethan Zhuang (United States) have met in 68 rounds across 9 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Tommy Cherry leads Ethan Zhuang: 48 finishes in front to 20.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Tommy Cherry holds the faster single in 8, Ethan Zhuang in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTommy Cherry singleaverageEthan Zhuang singleaverage
3×34.536.385.516.78
2×20.691.350.661.09
4×422.8727.1231.9135.50
5×545.9450.341:36.291:48.82
3×3 one-handed8.0110.7410.0313.19
Clock2.433.282.352.96
Megaminx32.5840.531:18.881:31.89
Pyraminx1.342.501.632.91
Skewb1.442.801.462.62
Square-15.267.777.5810.24

Year by year

every meeting, 68 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 27 meetings2019: 42022: 42023: 272024: 132025: 122026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTommy CherryEthan Zhuangahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round3.851.84Ethan Zhuang
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.868.55Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.638.53Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round13.6015.79Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round33.2641.61Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026ClockFirst round8.553.17Ethan Zhuang
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round3.942.91Ethan Zhuang
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round13.4511.64Ethan Zhuang
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20252×2First round2.841.61Ethan Zhuang
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 2025ClockFinal7.053.54Ethan Zhuang
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.821.47Ethan Zhuang
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.958.02Ethan Zhuang
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round11.089.32Ethan Zhuang
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.2117.86Tommy Cherry

Full careers: Tommy Cherry · Ethan Zhuang. 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.