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Yifan Wang (王逸帆) vs Bowen Xiao (肖博文)

Two careers, 85 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.

Yifan Wang (王逸帆) (China) and Bowen Xiao (肖博文) (China) have met in 85 rounds across 17 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Bowen Xiao (肖博文) leads Yifan Wang (王逸帆): 45 finishes in front to 36 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Yifan Wang (王逸帆) holds the faster single in 15, Bowen Xiao (肖博文) in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventYifan Wang (王逸帆) singleaverageBowen Xiao (肖博文) singleaverage
3×37.529.888.829.90
2×20.922.931.873.26
4×434.4741.1836.8048.56
5×51:06.331:15.621:21.931:34.68
6×62:16.332:20.273:11.103:24.02
7×73:22.603:42.264:37.554:59.03
3×3 blindfolded12.7115.8617.3419.47
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves23.0040 moves44.67
3×3 one-handed16.9320.5217.9421.37
Clock4.795.597.8310.25
Megaminx1:09.631:26.171:48.392:07.14
Pyraminx1.913.554.298.07
Skewb3.145.607.0011.25
Square-119.7622.5824.0642.68
4×4 blindfolded3:00.605:50.952:27.34
5×5 blindfolded9:04.0415:11.007:47.78
3×3 Multi-Blind24 of 25 cubes · 56:3715 of 20 cubes · 47:29

Year by year

every meeting, 85 rounds in all
20182023busiest year: 40 meetings2018: 82019: 402021: 312023: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundYifan Wang (王逸帆)Bowen Xiao (肖博文)ahead
2023Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 20233×3Second round12.0912.37Yifan Wang (王逸帆)
2023Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 20233×3First round14.4612.25Bowen Xiao (肖博文)
2023Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round17.2017.34Yifan Wang (王逸帆)
2023Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 20233×3 blindfoldedFinal18.0623.28Yifan Wang (王逸帆)
2023Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal30.0044 movesYifan Wang (王逸帆)
2023Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 20233×3 Multi-BlindFinal16 of 17 cubes · 56:277 of 8 cubes · 38:10Yifan Wang (王逸帆)
2021Tianjin Summer Solstice 20213×3First round13.9213.45Bowen Xiao (肖博文)
2021Tianjin Summer Solstice 20213×3 blindfoldedFirst round20.9822.34Yifan Wang (王逸帆)
2021Tianjin Summer Solstice 20213×3 blindfoldedFinal22.8119.29Bowen Xiao (肖博文)
2021Tianjin Summer Solstice 20213×3 Multi-BlindFinaltie
2021Wuhan Open 20213×3Second round16.239.90Bowen Xiao (肖博文)
2021Wuhan Open 20213×3First round13.1413.25Yifan Wang (王逸帆)
2021Wuhan Open 20213×3 blindfoldedFinal20.9720.27Bowen Xiao (肖博文)
2021Zhengzhou Summer 20213×3 blindfoldedFinal22.8020.49Bowen Xiao (肖博文)

Full careers: Yifan Wang (王逸帆) · Bowen Xiao (肖博文). 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.