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Ryan Pilat vs Andrew Tao

Two careers, 63 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.

Ryan Pilat (United States) and Andrew Tao (United States) have met in 63 rounds across 10 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads Andrew Tao: 44 finishes in front to 19.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 7 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 5, Andrew Tao in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRyan Pilat singleaverageAndrew Tao singleaverage
3×33.345.447.799.61
2×20.691.294.265.80
3×3 blindfolded15.4920.5416.6520.89
3×3 one-handed6.4310.3523.2428.86
4×4 blindfolded2:08.443:28.262:16.052:39.01
5×5 blindfolded6:46.887:23.355:15.96
3×3 Multi-Blind23 of 23 cubes · 56:1160 of 63 cubes · 58:36

Year by year

every meeting, 63 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 25 meetings2023: 192024: 252025: 112026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRyan PilatAndrew Taoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round6.6210.99Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round6.159.78Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round20.0727.74Andrew Tao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal21.0817.40Andrew Tao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.2419.43Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal2 of 2 cubes · 1:2260 of 63 cubes · 58:36Andrew Tao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round10.8742.49Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal6:43.09Andrew Tao
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal21.9219.04Andrew Tao
2025Don't DNS Denton 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round43.9322.45Andrew Tao
2025Don't DNS Denton 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round23.41Ryan Pilat
2025Don't DNS Denton 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal20 of 28 cubes · 1:00:0050 of 57 cubes · 1:00:00Andrew Tao
2025Don't DNS Denton 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal2:40.662:16.05Andrew Tao
2025Don't DNS Denton 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal5:15.96Andrew Tao

Full careers: Ryan Pilat · Andrew Tao. 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.