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Keaton Ellis vs Jonathan Esparaz

Two careers, 61 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.

Keaton Ellis (United States) and Jonathan Esparaz (Canada) have met in 61 rounds across 6 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Keaton Ellis leads Jonathan Esparaz: 35 finishes in front to 24 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Keaton Ellis holds the faster single in 10, Jonathan Esparaz in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKeaton Ellis singleaverageJonathan Esparaz singleaverage
3×35.087.205.527.16
2×21.002.781.152.81
4×426.6631.3322.4028.60
5×554.021:00.8153.0059.41
6×61:46.371:51.731:51.002:03.27
7×72:47.492:49.943:09.353:20.04
3×3 blindfolded1:38.212:15.941:27.29
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves29.6727 moves33.33
3×3 one-handed7.2611.157.5712.06
Clock10.6212.539.5311.30
Megaminx49.7258.5155.141:04.07
Pyraminx3.595.634.095.57
Skewb2.493.933.785.93
Square-110.8014.8011.5415.78
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 16:403 of 3 cubes · 19:46

Year by year

every meeting, 61 rounds in all
20162025busiest year: 26 meetings2016: 262017: 142022: 52024: 112025: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKeaton EllisJonathan Esparazahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.708.37Jonathan Esparaz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.618.71Keaton Ellis
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.2716.30Keaton Ellis
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round35.9530.63Jonathan Esparaz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:07.481:05.72Jonathan Esparaz
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round8.319.40Keaton Ellis
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round9.938.97Jonathan Esparaz
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:52.643:11.24Keaton Ellis
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round12.5512.94Keaton Ellis
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedSecond round13.5914.77Keaton Ellis
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20244×4First round36.6732.61Jonathan Esparaz
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20245×5First round1:05.091:05.21Keaton Ellis
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20245×5Second round1:12.301:03.50Jonathan Esparaz
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20246×6First round2:14.802:04.77Jonathan Esparaz

Full careers: Keaton Ellis · Jonathan Esparaz. 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.