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Keaton Ellis vs Ryan Pilat

Two careers, 53 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 Ryan Pilat (United States) have met in 53 rounds across 5 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads Keaton Ellis: 40 finishes in front to 13.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 15, Keaton Ellis in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKeaton Ellis singleaverageRyan Pilat singleaverage
3×35.087.203.345.44
2×21.002.780.691.29
4×426.6631.3320.9524.12
5×554.021:00.8140.9646.43
6×61:46.371:51.731:19.791:26.20
7×72:47.492:49.941:56.582:08.11
3×3 blindfolded1:38.212:15.9415.4920.54
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves29.6719 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed7.2611.156.4310.35
Clock10.6212.533.103.89
Megaminx49.7258.5134.5838.77
Pyraminx3.595.630.961.54
Skewb2.493.931.573.03
Square-110.8014.803.415.81
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 16:4023 of 23 cubes · 56:11

Year by year

every meeting, 53 rounds in all
20162025busiest year: 18 meetings2016: 32019: 82023: 182024: 132025: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKeaton EllisRyan Pilatahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.707.08Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.616.45Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.2712.77Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round14.4314.57Keaton Ellis
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round35.9528.44Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:07.4849.54Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:06.101:38.96Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:06.822:24.59Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round1:20.0240.29Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round5.895.51Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round24.037.51Ryan Pilat
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round8.317.31Ryan Pilat
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Semi Final9.497.21Ryan Pilat
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round9.936.88Ryan Pilat

Full careers: Keaton Ellis · 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.