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Joshua Feran vs Walker Welch

Two careers, 1,291 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.

Joshua Feran (United States) and Walker Welch (United States) have met in 1,291 rounds across 120 competitions since 2011. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Walker Welch leads Joshua Feran: 913 finishes in front to 377 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Walker Welch holds the faster single in 12, Joshua Feran in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJoshua Feran singleaverageWalker Welch singleaverage
3×37.318.856.808.66
2×21.983.770.661.82
4×429.3434.5229.6133.54
5×556.961:05.1455.061:02.22
6×61:58.042:04.971:37.221:43.40
7×72:43.083:01.452:23.872:34.43
3×3 blindfolded1:02.621:15.0638.461:18.86
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves29.3319 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed12.1116.2212.0515.35
Clock4.515.824.356.14
Megaminx49.2953.5150.0859.04
Pyraminx1.993.312.063.67
Skewb1.905.441.383.88
Square-113.7720.307.8813.83
4×4 blindfolded5:11.096:40.805:16.477:21.53
5×5 blindfolded13:09.0013:48.0014:41.0019:09.00
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 13 cubes · 56:0113 of 13 cubes · 57:02

Year by year

every meeting, 1,291 rounds in all
20112026busiest year: 329 meetings2011: 22012: 192013: 412014: 822015: 922016: 1102017: 1222018: 2762019: 3292020: 502021: 172022: 362023: 572024: 142025: 332026: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJoshua FeranWalker Welchahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round5.312.25Walker Welch
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round10.1710.82Joshua Feran
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:55.74Joshua Feran
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round18.3120.12Joshua Feran
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round43.6740.07Walker Welch
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:18.551:05.00Walker Welch
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20267×7First round3:23.072:54.68Walker Welch
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round7.558.88Joshua Feran
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round9.476.09Walker Welch
2026Madison Manor PBQ 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:10.011:54.05Walker Welch
2026Madison Manor PBQ 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal29.3323.67Walker Welch
2025FMC under the Mistletoe 20253×3 Fewest MovesFirst round31.6723.00Walker Welch
2025Wisconsin Quiet Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:14.061:56.79Walker Welch
2025Wisconsin Quiet Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal34.6726.33Walker Welch

Full careers: Joshua Feran · Walker Welch. 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.