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Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) vs Bofan Zhang (张博藩)

Two careers, 67 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.

Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) (China) and Bofan Zhang (张博藩) (China) have met in 67 rounds across 14 competitions since 2021. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Bofan Zhang (张博藩) leads Zhiyuan Ma (马之元): 39 finishes in front to 28.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 9 shared events, Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) holds the faster single in 5, Bofan Zhang (张博藩) in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventZhiyuan Ma (马之元) singleaverageBofan Zhang (张博藩) singleaverage
3×35.436.583.394.38
2×20.731.540.671.31
4×420.8625.7316.9721.44
5×539.7143.7347.1651.30
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves28.6733 moves
3×3 one-handed8.4010.8612.3915.49
Megaminx43.5746.4045.2349.26
Pyraminx1.562.421.532.19
Skewb1.212.233.705.25

Year by year

every meeting, 67 rounds in all
20212025busiest year: 23 meetings2021: 162023: 62024: 232025: 22

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundZhiyuan Ma (马之元)Bofan Zhang (张博藩)ahead
2025Jiangmen Open 20254×4First round30.3824.81Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Jiangmen Open 20254×4Final27.0425.81Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Taizhou Open 20252×2First round3.021.58Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Taizhou Open 20252×2Final1.971.70Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Taizhou Open 20253×3First round7.655.98Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Taizhou Open 20253×3Second round8.055.50Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Taizhou Open 20254×4First round30.5525.18Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Taizhou Open 20254×4Final25.8628.38Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Nanchang Spring 20252×2First round1.871.82Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Nanchang Spring 20252×2Final2.401.50Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Nanchang Spring 20253×3Second round8.825.56Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Nanchang Spring 20253×3First round7.885.36Bofan Zhang (张博藩)
2025Deqing Spring 20254×4First round28.2629.69Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)
2025Deqing Spring 20254×4Final27.8130.34Zhiyuan Ma (马之元)

Full careers: Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) · Bofan Zhang (张博藩). 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.