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Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) vs Takumi Tamura (田村匠)

Two careers, 49 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.

Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) (China) and Takumi Tamura (田村匠) (Japan) have met in 49 rounds across 28 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) leads Takumi Tamura (田村匠): 37 finishes in front to 12.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) holds the faster single in 8, Takumi Tamura (田村匠) in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventYiwei Liu (刘伊玮) singleaverageTakumi Tamura (田村匠) singleaverage
3×38.5710.879.6512.71
2×22.234.092.614.52
4×444.3651.2940.8746.41
3×3 blindfolded20.6825.881:45.05
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves21.0018 moves21.67
3×3 one-handed13.6215.7518.6824.21
Square-111.4215.028.7011.20
4×4 blindfolded6:07.9529:50.00
5×5 blindfolded20:38.001:02:50.00
3×3 Multi-Blind15 of 15 cubes · 57:023 of 3 cubes · 22:11

Year by year

every meeting, 49 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 19 meetings2019: 12023: 12024: 112025: 192026: 17

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundYiwei Liu (刘伊玮)Takumi Tamura (田村匠)ahead
2026Silent Korea Open 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round22.6723 movesYiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026Silent Korea Open 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.6725.33Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026Japan FMC Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.3324.00Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21.3322.00Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026More Than One Cube Shanghai 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round24.0024.33Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026More Than One Cube Shanghai 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal22.3323.33Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026More Than One Cube Shanghai 20263×3 Fewest MovesSecond round24.3325.00Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026Please Don't DNF Beijing 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round24.0024.00Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
2026Please Don't DNF Beijing 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal22 moves22.33Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
2026Tokyo FMC Spring 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round23.0024.33Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)
2026Tokyo FMC Spring 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.6723.67Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
2026FMCanton Haizhu 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal25 moves24.67Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
2026FMCanton Haizhu 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round23.3323.00Takumi Tamura (田村匠)
2026FMCanton Nansha 20263×3 Fewest MovesFirst round23.3323.33Takumi Tamura (田村匠)

Full careers: Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) · Takumi Tamura (田村匠). 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.