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William Wright vs Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)

Two careers, 87 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.

William Wright (United Kingdom) and Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) (China) have met in 87 rounds across 8 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) leads William Wright: 51 finishes in front to 33 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) holds the faster single in 16, William Wright in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWilliam Wright singleaverageMengfei Shen (沈梦非) singleaverage
3×311.2513.648.579.80
2×22.354.482.224.07
4×443.5449.4130.9035.08
5×51:23.051:30.9759.681:06.86
6×62:54.603:00.472:04.702:05.59
7×74:44.375:14.713:12.243:26.48
3×3 blindfolded30.1441.1020.7323.21
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves41.3326 moves32.00
3×3 one-handed22.0723.3415.4919.07
Clock11.9917.987.818.85
Megaminx1:18.951:35.441:01.591:07.24
Pyraminx5.127.504.857.03
Skewb15.1519.263.846.09
Square-129.5341.6021.7630.31
4×4 blindfolded2:05.112:42.942:01.292:37.44
5×5 blindfolded4:13.224:50.265:43.93
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 35 cubes · 58:1735 of 35 cubes · 54:43

Year by year

every meeting, 87 rounds in all
20192024busiest year: 34 meetings2019: 342022: 222023: 222024: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWilliam WrightMengfei Shen (沈梦非)ahead
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20243×3 blindfoldedFinal38.70William Wright
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20243×3 blindfoldedSecond round41.1020.73Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:02.9932.71Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20243×3 Multi-BlindFinal31 of 34 cubes · 58:3529 of 33 cubes · 54:47William Wright
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20244×4 blindfoldedSecond round2:42.942:36.72William Wright
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20244×4 blindfoldedFirst round2:20.992:45.60William Wright
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20244×4 blindfoldedFinal2:25.582:25.32Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20245×5 blindfoldedFinal5:45.62Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2024Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 20245×5 blindfoldedFirst round7:03.708:12.55William Wright
2023Rubik's UK Championship 20232×2First round4.774.43Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2023Rubik's UK Championship 20232×2Second round4.484.23Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2023Rubik's UK Championship 20233×3First round16.3211.39Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2023Rubik's UK Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFinal40.5532.75Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
2023Rubik's UK Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedSecond round46.8230.65Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)

Full careers: William Wright · Mengfei Shen (沈梦非). 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.