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Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) vs Stanley Chapel

Two careers, 45 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.

Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) (Japan) and Stanley Chapel (United States) have met in 45 rounds across 4 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stanley Chapel leads Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広): 36 finishes in front to 9.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Stanley Chapel holds the faster single in 16, Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) singleaverageStanley Chapel singleaverage
3×37.458.645.046.48
2×21.412.330.761.40
4×425.6130.9424.3627.25
5×547.2752.6142.8748.18
6×61:26.261:31.381:22.691:28.82
7×72:11.012:16.052:06.542:14.56
3×3 blindfolded41.0149.0214.5215.71
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves23.0019 moves21.67
3×3 one-handed12.5916.189.2511.51
Clock6.468.273.153.55
Megaminx42.5746.6736.9441.32
Pyraminx2.954.181.142.02
Skewb2.894.801.372.16
Square-113.2518.355.127.29
4×4 blindfolded8:27.9151.9659.39
5×5 blindfolded31:02.001:58.592:27.63
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 13 cubes · 57:2253 of 57 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 45 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 13 meetings2017: 112019: 122023: 132025: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)Stanley Chapelahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.981.42Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.097.81Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal28 moves24.00Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round35.3227.91Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round57.7451.53Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:36.121:30.59Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:25.582:33.83Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7Second round2:33.192:39.10Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round54.0548.70Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round2.332.33Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2Second round3.502.40Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round9.877.23Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round10.247.71Stanley Chapel
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round16.13Stanley Chapel

Full careers: Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) · Stanley Chapel. 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.