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Ethan Cho vs Nathan Phillips

Two careers, 146 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.

Ethan Cho (United States) and Nathan Phillips (United States) have met in 146 rounds across 12 competitions since 2021. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Nathan Phillips leads Ethan Cho: 99 finishes in front to 45 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Nathan Phillips holds the faster single in 12, Ethan Cho in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventEthan Cho singleaverageNathan Phillips singleaverage
3×35.787.535.376.64
2×21.642.980.762.20
4×426.3029.2620.4626.52
5×542.2247.8240.4745.80
6×61:10.451:20.591:18.131:22.10
7×71:48.581:54.731:48.081:58.41
3×3 blindfolded1:14.802:09.5344.7057.56
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.6724 moves32.00
3×3 one-handed10.0012.7310.3412.47
Clock4.485.343.944.77
Megaminx48.5156.4341.9946.82
Pyraminx2.614.722.193.90
Skewb2.374.292.234.27
Square-112.7916.886.9810.67
4×4 blindfolded15:39.008:38.96
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 37:433 of 3 cubes · 10:13

Year by year

every meeting, 146 rounds in all
20212026busiest year: 48 meetings2021: 42022: 82023: 152024: 482025: 472026: 24

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundEthan ChoNathan Phillipsahead
2026Naperville Mini III 20265×5Second round51.9047.70Nathan Phillips
2026Naperville Mini III 20265×5First round49.7646.89Nathan Phillips
2026Naperville Mini III 20265×5Final52.8545.80Nathan Phillips
2026Naperville Mini III 20266×6First round1:27.151:23.05Nathan Phillips
2026Naperville Mini III 20266×6Final1:28.481:29.64Ethan Cho
2026Naperville Mini III 20266×6Second round1:27.201:22.78Nathan Phillips
2026Naperville Mini III 20267×7First round1:58.872:04.04Ethan Cho
2026Naperville Mini III 20267×7Final1:54.732:04.80Ethan Cho
2026Naperville Mini III 20267×7Second round1:59.342:00.97Ethan Cho
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round3.372.78Nathan Phillips
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.597.66Ethan Cho
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round9.237.17Nathan Phillips
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round18.1415.13Nathan Phillips
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round30.5528.64Nathan Phillips

Full careers: Ethan Cho · Nathan Phillips. 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.