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Tommy Cherry vs Luke Van Laningham

Two careers, 75 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 Luke Van Laningham (United States) have met in 75 rounds across 3 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Tommy Cherry leads Luke Van Laningham: 50 finishes in front to 25.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTommy Cherry singleaverageLuke Van Laningham singleaverage
3×34.536.386.156.89
2×20.691.350.811.36
4×422.8727.1228.5533.25
5×545.9450.3459.841:06.71
6×61:27.731:37.352:05.802:07.37
7×72:16.652:27.543:34.173:50.56
3×3 blindfolded11.5613.9755.641:06.97
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.6722 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed8.0110.748.0812.99
Clock2.433.286.007.61
Megaminx32.5840.5348.8259.62
Pyraminx1.342.501.181.88
Skewb1.442.801.282.20
Square-15.267.779.9612.18
4×4 blindfolded1:20.341:55.306:51.26
5×5 blindfolded3:17.045:00.4117:27.00
3×3 Multi-Blind36 of 37 cubes · 57:4812 of 12 cubes · 57:29

Year by year

every meeting, 75 rounds in all
20192023busiest year: 33 meetings2019: 232022: 332023: 19

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTommy CherryLuke Van Laninghamahead
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20232×2Second round3.251.52Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20232×2First round2.211.75Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3Second round7.788.66Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3Semi Final7.247.40Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3First round7.978.88Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round15.95Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal39 movesLuke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 one-handedFirst round14.3715.12Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 one-handedSecond round16.0316.01Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20234×4Second round30.0936.20Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20234×4First round30.3135.35Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20235×5First round57.451:08.30Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023ClockFirst round3.889.47Tommy Cherry
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023MegaminxFirst round54.081:03.89Tommy Cherry

Full careers: Tommy Cherry · Luke Van Laningham. 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.