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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
EventXulang Li (黎旭朗) singleaverageZhiyuan Ma (马之元) singleaverage
3×34.576.055.436.58
2×20.921.250.731.54
4×421.2124.3120.8625.73
5×538.2046.1039.7143.73
6×61:27.831:34.131:31.831:38.09
7×72:25.052:33.662:16.762:29.51
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.0022 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed8.679.858.4010.86
Clock8.7710.984.025.27
Megaminx48.2151.8443.5746.40
Pyraminx1.522.881.562.42
Skewb2.104.901.212.23
Square-111.8715.156.689.97

Year by year

every meeting, 162 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 49 meetings2017: 32018: 312019: 442024: 222025: 492026: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundXulang Li (黎旭朗)Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)ahead
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20262×2First round5.032.05Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3Second round7.807.65Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3First round7.147.63Xulang Li (黎旭朗)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3Semi Final6.477.91Xulang Li (黎旭朗)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.6111.65Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3 one-handedFinal13.8812.86Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20264×4First round28.5526.67Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20264×4Second round25.6129.39Xulang Li (黎旭朗)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20265×5First round49.6351.83Xulang Li (黎旭朗)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20265×5Final52.1351.09Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20266×6First round1:37.841:42.09Xulang Li (黎旭朗)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20266×6Final1:35.871:39.74Xulang Li (黎旭朗)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20267×7First round2:38.872:52.50Xulang Li (黎旭朗)
2025Hangzhou Winter 20252×2First round1.522.16Xulang 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.