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Ray Bai vs Nathan Phillips

Two careers, 55 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.

Ray Bai (United States) and Nathan Phillips (United States) have met in 55 rounds across 4 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ray Bai leads Nathan Phillips: 36 finishes in front to 19.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Ray Bai holds the faster single in 9, Nathan Phillips in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRay Bai singleaverageNathan Phillips singleaverage
3×34.416.325.376.64
2×21.142.180.762.20
4×416.8423.4920.4626.52
5×540.3545.2340.4745.80
6×61:19.871:31.181:18.131:22.10
7×72:20.772:24.001:48.081:58.41
3×3 blindfolded1:20.371:35.1344.7057.56
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.6724 moves32.00
3×3 one-handed7.929.7010.3412.47
Clock9.1810.153.944.77
Megaminx29.2334.9741.9946.82
Pyraminx2.134.352.193.90
Skewb2.924.212.234.27
Square-16.968.806.9810.67
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 10 cubes · 58:073 of 3 cubes · 10:13

Year by year

every meeting, 55 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 17 meetings2023: 142024: 172025: 132026: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRay BaiNathan Phillipsahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.507.66Ray Bai
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.317.17Nathan Phillips
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round11.3913.71Ray Bai
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round11.9515.13Ray Bai
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round27.0128.60Ray Bai
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round25.2128.64Ray Bai
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round47.8246.61Nathan Phillips
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Second round49.6949.58Nathan Phillips
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round1:32.731:29.92Nathan Phillips
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20267×7First round2:35.932:01.98Nathan Phillips
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round39.8452.35Ray Bai
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.762.81Ray Bai
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.518.84Ray Bai
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.237.15Nathan Phillips

Full careers: Ray Bai · Nathan Phillips. 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.