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Liam Chen vs Ryan Pilat

Two careers, 46 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.

Liam Chen (United States) and Ryan Pilat (United States) have met in 46 rounds across 6 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads Liam Chen: 28 finishes in front to 16 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 9, Liam Chen in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLiam Chen singleaverageRyan Pilat singleaverage
3×36.187.283.345.44
2×21.142.820.691.29
4×432.4536.8520.9524.12
5×51:17.471:25.5440.9646.43
3×3 blindfolded14.8316.5215.4920.54
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves35.3319 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed9.7914.206.4310.35
Pyraminx6.629.310.961.54
Skewb4.617.901.573.03
Square-117.1331.023.415.81
4×4 blindfolded1:20.641:42.152:08.443:28.26
5×5 blindfolded6:13.436:46.887:23.35
3×3 Multi-Blind26 of 27 cubes · 59:0523 of 23 cubes · 56:11

Year by year

every meeting, 46 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 11 meetings2019: 42023: 112024: 102025: 112026: 10

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLiam ChenRyan Pilatahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round10.096.62Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.076.15Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.6320.07Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal19.9321.08Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round16.9519.24Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal22 of 28 cubes · 54:092 of 2 cubes · 1:22Liam Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round16.1611.54Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.1210.87Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round37.7726.32Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinaltie
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal19.2121.92Liam Chen
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal1:40.882:23.40Liam Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.407.08Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.776.45Ryan Pilat

Full careers: Liam Chen · 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.