Head to head
Xulang Li (黎旭朗) vs Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
Two careers, 162 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.
Xulang Li (黎旭朗) (China) and Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) (China) have met in 162 rounds across 22 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Xulang Li (黎旭朗) leads Zhiyuan Ma (马之元): 115 finishes in front to 46 and 1 tie.
On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) holds the faster single in 9, Xulang Li (黎旭朗) in 4.
Personal bests, side by side
faster single in bold| Event | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) single | average | Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) single | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 4.57 | 6.05 | 5.43 | 6.58 |
| 2×2 | 0.92 | 1.25 | 0.73 | 1.54 |
| 4×4 | 21.21 | 24.31 | 20.86 | 25.73 |
| 5×5 | 38.20 | 46.10 | 39.71 | 43.73 |
| 6×6 | 1:27.83 | 1:34.13 | 1:31.83 | 1:38.09 |
| 7×7 | 2:25.05 | 2:33.66 | 2:16.76 | 2:29.51 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 35.00 | 22 moves | 28.67 |
| 3×3 one-handed | 8.67 | 9.85 | 8.40 | 10.86 |
| Clock | 8.77 | 10.98 | 4.02 | 5.27 |
| Megaminx | 48.21 | 51.84 | 43.57 | 46.40 |
| Pyraminx | 1.52 | 2.88 | 1.56 | 2.42 |
| Skewb | 2.10 | 4.90 | 1.21 | 2.23 |
| Square-1 | 11.87 | 15.15 | 6.68 | 9.97 |
Year by year
every meeting, 162 rounds in allRecent meetings
newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise| Year | Competition | Event | Round | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) | Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) | ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 2×2 | First round | 5.03 | 2.05 | Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 3×3 | Second round | 7.80 | 7.65 | Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 3×3 | First round | 7.14 | 7.63 | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 3×3 | Semi Final | 6.47 | 7.91 | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 3×3 one-handed | First round | 12.61 | 11.65 | Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 3×3 one-handed | Final | 13.88 | 12.86 | Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 4×4 | First round | 28.55 | 26.67 | Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 4×4 | Second round | 25.61 | 29.39 | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 5×5 | First round | 49.63 | 51.83 | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 5×5 | Final | 52.13 | 51.09 | Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 6×6 | First round | 1:37.84 | 1:42.09 | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 6×6 | Final | 1:35.87 | 1:39.74 | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) |
| 2026 | Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 | 7×7 | First round | 2:38.87 | 2:52.50 | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) |
| 2025 | Hangzhou Winter 2025 | 2×2 | First round | 1.52 | 2.16 | Xulang Li (黎旭朗) |
Full careers: Xulang Li (黎旭朗) · 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.