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Xinyun Chen (陈新运) vs Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)

Two careers, 225 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.

Xinyun Chen (陈新运) (China) and Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) (China) have met in 225 rounds across 32 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) leads Xinyun Chen (陈新运): 143 finishes in front to 81 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) holds the faster single in 14, Xinyun Chen (陈新运) in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventXinyun Chen (陈新运) singleaverageZhiyuan Ma (马之元) singleaverage
3×36.368.205.436.58
2×20.961.950.731.54
4×426.4231.3820.8625.73
5×553.351:02.2539.7143.73
6×61:48.111:58.001:31.831:38.09
7×72:46.652:55.932:16.762:29.51
3×3 blindfolded34.3446.4522.6227.47
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves33.0022 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed10.9414.288.4010.86
Clock5.808.984.025.27
Megaminx50.0357.2243.5746.40
Pyraminx2.093.931.562.42
Skewb2.174.161.212.23
Square-19.6413.806.689.97
4×4 blindfolded5:38.036:37.19
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 10 cubes · 52:583 of 3 cubes · 15:10

Year by year

every meeting, 225 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 83 meetings2017: 12018: 172019: 832021: 432023: 122024: 122025: 57

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundXinyun Chen (陈新运)Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)ahead
2025Zhengzhou Zeal 20254×4First round32.9927.99Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zeal 20254×4Final33.3726.19Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zeal 20255×5First round1:06.6145.09Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zeal 2025Square-1First round15.9212.77Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zeal 2025Square-1Final14.7611.38Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20252×2First round2.641.80Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20252×2Final2.592.21Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20253×3Second round8.558.32Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20253×3First round8.928.25Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20253×3 one-handedFinal16.2010.86Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.2311.99Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 2025SkewbFirst round5.803.85Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Zhengzhou Zest 2025SkewbFinal5.654.80Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Guangzhou Big Cubes 20254×4First round33.2727.55Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)

Full careers: Xinyun Chen (陈新运) · Zhiyuan Ma (马之元). 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.