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AJ Kamal vs Ryan Pilat

Two careers, 96 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.

AJ Kamal (United States) and Ryan Pilat (United States) have met in 96 rounds across 7 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads AJ Kamal: 73 finishes in front to 23.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 13, AJ Kamal in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventAJ Kamal singleaverageRyan Pilat singleaverage
3×35.637.473.345.44
2×21.192.090.691.29
4×425.3532.5220.9524.12
5×556.161:02.4840.9646.43
6×62:03.602:13.681:19.791:26.20
7×73:25.923:43.801:56.582:08.11
3×3 blindfolded50.211:10.6115.4920.54
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves22.0019 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed10.3912.346.4310.35
Clock7.789.853.103.89
Megaminx33.4937.7234.5838.77
Pyraminx1.773.150.961.54
Skewb1.313.371.573.03
Square-17.7711.333.415.81
4×4 blindfolded8:56.732:08.443:28.26
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 51:2223 of 23 cubes · 56:11

Year by year

every meeting, 96 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 30 meetings2018: 62019: 142023: 202024: 302025: 142026: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundAJ KamalRyan Pilatahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.906.62Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.476.15Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.24Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round58.3220.07Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.3324 movesAJ Kamal
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round15.6111.54Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.3410.87Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round38.7126.32Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:05.3247.46Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round46.4043.77Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round4.592.53Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round15.606.57Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.861.62Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round9.246.45Ryan Pilat

Full careers: AJ Kamal · Ryan Pilat. 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.