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Rowe Hessler vs Ryan Pilat

Two careers, 40 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.

Rowe Hessler (United States) and Ryan Pilat (United States) have met in 40 rounds across 8 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Rowe Hessler leads Ryan Pilat: 20 finishes in front to 19 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 13, Rowe Hessler in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRowe Hessler singleaverageRyan Pilat singleaverage
3×36.137.473.345.44
2×20.962.250.691.29
4×427.5131.6020.9524.12
5×51:03.681:11.9640.9646.43
6×62:14.212:19.431:19.791:26.20
7×74:02.904:10.901:56.582:08.11
3×3 blindfolded15.1019.4715.4920.54
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.3319 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed11.4113.816.4310.35
Clock11.7514.593.103.89
Megaminx45.9552.7334.5838.77
Pyraminx4.218.940.961.54
Skewb3.945.041.573.03
Square-15.878.563.415.81
4×4 blindfolded1:59.252:24.422:08.443:28.26
5×5 blindfolded4:22.635:57.866:46.887:23.35
3×3 Multi-Blind63 of 66 cubes · 59:5023 of 23 cubes · 56:11

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 16 meetings2016: 32018: 42019: 62023: 32024: 32025: 162026: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRowe HesslerRyan Pilatahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.666.62Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.646.15Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.4420.07Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal20.8921.08Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.3719.24Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.477.08Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.776.45Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round23.2218.87Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.6225.27Rowe Hessler
2025DFW Mega Mental Breakdown 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round21.861:06.20Rowe Hessler
2025DFW Mega Mental Breakdown 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal36.22Rowe Hessler
2025DFW Mega Mental Breakdown 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round26.2726.76Ryan Pilat
2025DFW Mega Mental Breakdown 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal31 moves28.67Ryan Pilat
2025DFW Mega Mental Breakdown 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal50 of 70 cubes · 1:00:0017 of 23 cubes · 1:00:00Rowe Hessler

Full careers: Rowe Hessler · 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.