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Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) vs Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)

Two careers, 60 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.

Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) (Japan) and Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) (Japan) have met in 60 rounds across 21 competitions since 2024. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) leads Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太): 49 finishes in front to 11.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) holds the faster single in 16, Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventYuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) singleaverageShota Wakabayashi (若林翔太) singleaverage
3×39.6411.9810.2512.75
2×22.473.413.043.81
4×436.9740.0142.6247.92
5×51:13.481:18.241:29.281:46.11
6×62:24.822:30.143:05.203:12.56
7×73:25.413:37.995:14.316:23.22
3×3 blindfolded22.2727.2746.8058.39
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves22.3319 moves22.00
3×3 one-handed17.1318.0322.8729.08
Clock5.766.449.2816.72
Megaminx1:00.901:06.7043.5949.80
Pyraminx3.844.537.5810.03
Skewb3.865.379.9410.51
Square-112.5414.9915.5420.65
4×4 blindfolded2:29.562:58.205:45.569:34.92
5×5 blindfolded4:59.147:00.0711:56.0016:53.00
3×3 Multi-Blind24 of 25 cubes · 57:4718 of 20 cubes · 1:00:00

Year by year

every meeting, 60 rounds in all
20242026busiest year: 30 meetings2024: 32025: 272026: 30

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundYuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)ahead
2026Tokyo BLD Summer 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round30.37Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Tokyo BLD Summer 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal12 of 20 cubes · 1:00:00Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Tokyo BLD Summer 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal3:04.10Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Tokyo BLD Summer 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal4:59.1416:29.00Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Japan Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round26.1158.39Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Japan Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal16 of 29 cubes · 1:00:0014 of 16 cubes · 58:46Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Japan FMC Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21 moves23.00Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太)
2026Tokyo Summer 2026ClockFirst round7.4616.72Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Kansai BLD Summer 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round26.0949.98Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Kansai BLD Summer 20264×4Final40.0147.92Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Kansai BLD Summer 20264×4 blindfoldedFirst round2:59.815:45.56Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Kansai BLD Summer 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:59.46Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Kansai BLD Summer 20265×5 blindfoldedFirst round5:22.0916:25.00Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)
2026Kansai BLD Summer 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal5:52.24Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)

Full careers: Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝) · Shota Wakabayashi (若林翔太). 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.