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Ivan Vanek vs Timothy Castle

Two careers, 44 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.

Ivan Vanek (United States) and Timothy Castle (United States) have met in 44 rounds across 4 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Timothy Castle leads Ivan Vanek: 27 finishes in front to 17.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Timothy Castle holds the faster single in 13, Ivan Vanek in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIvan Vanek singleaverageTimothy Castle singleaverage
3×37.238.425.197.67
2×21.121.980.941.61
4×433.7338.1924.4328.79
5×51:11.391:20.1646.9555.13
6×62:29.242:44.971:31.961:38.83
7×74:05.904:30.022:24.292:33.91
3×3 blindfolded2:19.2316.3024.57
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves49.6726 moves29.67
3×3 one-handed13.4917.9311.0613.53
Clock6.578.545.346.66
Megaminx1:09.591:21.0043.2647.29
Pyraminx3.805.802.012.53
Skewb2.296.242.203.50
Square-14.507.384.737.07

Year by year

every meeting, 44 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 15 meetings2018: 62023: 152024: 152025: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIvan VanekTimothy Castleahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.613.74Ivan Vanek
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.888.63Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round19.5615.54Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round39.7428.79Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:23.351:01.93Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round7.687.31Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round7.389.31Ivan Vanek
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round7.909.02Ivan Vanek
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round2.352.80Ivan Vanek
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2First round3.063.40Ivan Vanek
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round9.7010.31Ivan Vanek
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round8.639.39Ivan Vanek
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round20.1217.05Timothy Castle
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20244×4First round49.0431.95Timothy Castle

Full careers: Ivan Vanek · Timothy Castle. 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.