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Brandon Lin (林博浩) vs Ryan Pilat

Two careers, 64 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.

Brandon Lin (林博浩) (United States) and Ryan Pilat (United States) have met in 64 rounds across 6 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads Brandon Lin (林博浩): 59 finishes in front to 4 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 16, Brandon Lin (林博浩) in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrandon Lin (林博浩) singleaverageRyan Pilat singleaverage
3×37.639.393.345.44
2×21.562.900.691.29
4×430.3135.4920.9524.12
5×558.991:12.8740.9646.43
6×62:14.272:25.461:19.791:26.20
7×73:42.383:48.581:56.582:08.11
3×3 blindfolded20.0025.9015.4920.54
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.6719 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed12.0715.986.4310.35
Clock8.289.643.103.89
Megaminx44.9254.4934.5838.77
Pyraminx2.905.470.961.54
Skewb4.096.261.573.03
Square-16.468.283.415.81
4×4 blindfolded2:10.823:41.712:08.443:28.26
5×5 blindfolded7:09.716:46.887:23.35
3×3 Multi-Blind40 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0023 of 23 cubes · 56:11

Year by year

every meeting, 64 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 16 meetings2019: 72022: 82023: 152024: 162025: 142026: 4

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrandon Lin (林博浩)Ryan Pilatahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round27.6220.07Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round26.4719.24Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal38 of 45 cubes · 1:00:002 of 2 cubes · 1:22Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round12.846.57Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round4.071.62Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round11.807.08Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round18.87Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.2125.27Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round19.1312.77Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round37.5628.44Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:17.0249.54Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal7:22.407:40.03Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:31.721:38.96Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:59.212:24.59Ryan Pilat

Full careers: Brandon Lin (林博浩) · 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.