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Ben Stokes vs Ryan Eckersley

Two careers, 641 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.

Ben Stokes (United Kingdom) and Ryan Eckersley (United Kingdom) have met in 641 rounds across 44 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ben Stokes leads Ryan Eckersley: 494 finishes in front to 140 and 7 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ben Stokes holds the faster single in 11, Ryan Eckersley in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBen Stokes singleaverageRyan Eckersley singleaverage
3×35.747.767.779.75
2×20.691.581.153.33
4×424.5829.2730.5435.94
5×547.0453.7758.671:07.53
6×61:28.191:40.111:52.592:02.64
7×72:27.482:39.723:05.273:18.39
3×3 blindfolded15.6120.3616.6121.33
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.0026 moves36.67
3×3 one-handed9.7212.9713.9317.23
Clock4.525.383.754.88
Megaminx39.3045.9158.341:06.58
Pyraminx1.893.642.514.58
Skewb2.344.471.783.57
Square-17.4310.196.138.31
4×4 blindfolded2:35.161:07.481:22.99
5×5 blindfolded7:49.202:28.532:59.40
3×3 Multi-Blind20 of 21 cubes · 58:1640 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00

Year by year

every meeting, 641 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 182 meetings2019: 212020: 132022: 1772023: 1822024: 1242025: 562026: 68

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBen StokesRyan Eckersleyahead
2026Kewbz UK Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal27.5826.16Ben Stokes
2026Kewbz UK Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round26.0124.54Ben Stokes
2026Kewbz UK Championship 2026ClockFirst round7.366.72Ryan Eckersley
2026Kewbz UK Championship 2026SkewbFirst round7.574.77Ryan Eckersley
2026Kewbz UK Championship 2026Square-1Final12.428.97Ryan Eckersley
2026Kewbz UK Championship 2026Square-1First round11.149.08Ryan Eckersley
2026Kewbz UK Blindfolded Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal20 of 21 cubes · 58:1635 of 41 cubes · 1:00:02Ryan Eckersley
2026Kewbz UK Blindfolded Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal3:12.921:17.10Ryan Eckersley
2026Kewbz UK Blindfolded Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal3:33.38Ryan Eckersley
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20262×2First round2.428.56Ben Stokes
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3First round8.9612.52Ben Stokes
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.1218.70Ryan Eckersley
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round18.0222.15Ben Stokes
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.6920.71Ben Stokes

Full careers: Ben Stokes · Ryan Eckersley. 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.