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Nicholas Paul vs Riley Dexter

Two careers, 103 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.

Nicholas Paul (Australia) and Riley Dexter (Australia) have met in 103 rounds across 9 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Riley Dexter leads Nicholas Paul: 87 finishes in front to 15 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Riley Dexter holds the faster single in 12, Nicholas Paul in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNicholas Paul singleaverageRiley Dexter singleaverage
3×36.847.873.815.38
2×20.922.110.571.51
4×436.9040.7320.3825.14
5×51:24.611:28.3344.5150.29
6×63:53.841:32.871:39.49
7×76:41.872:41.472:50.98
3×3 blindfolded2:50.4444.771:16.02
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves22 moves25.67
3×3 one-handed7.0610.077.349.64
Clock7.999.795.216.90
Megaminx1:19.751:26.8937.9244.05
Pyraminx1.885.021.111.90
Skewb2.294.681.533.09
Square-18.1316.078.9811.31

Year by year

every meeting, 103 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 65 meetings2018: 32019: 82022: 652023: 72024: 122025: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNicholas PaulRiley Dexterahead
2025Australian Nationals 20253×3 one-handedFirst round10.4512.92Nicholas Paul
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round3.093.69Nicholas Paul
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.351.82Riley Dexter
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.826.75Riley Dexter
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.196.34Riley Dexter
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round11.1411.31Nicholas Paul
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round11.6211.71Nicholas Paul
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round5.684.72Riley Dexter
2024Melbourne Summer 20242×2First round2.703.27Nicholas Paul
2024Melbourne Summer 20242×2Semi Final2.842.26Riley Dexter
2024Melbourne Summer 20242×2Second round2.512.10Riley Dexter
2024Melbourne Summer 20243×3First round11.626.80Riley Dexter
2024Melbourne Summer 20243×3Semi Final11.416.86Riley Dexter
2024Melbourne Summer 20243×3Second round11.647.12Riley Dexter

Full careers: Nicholas Paul · Riley Dexter. 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.