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Ryan Pilat vs Jerry Yao

Two careers, 65 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 Jerry Yao (United States) have met in 65 rounds across 5 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jerry Yao leads Ryan Pilat: 33 finishes in front to 32.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 12, Jerry Yao in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRyan Pilat singleaverageJerry Yao singleaverage
3×33.345.444.035.78
2×20.691.290.701.32
4×420.9524.1220.5725.71
5×540.9646.4338.9144.10
6×61:19.791:26.201:23.301:29.79
7×71:56.582:08.112:13.432:23.14
3×3 blindfolded15.4920.542:01.112:45.42
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves20.3338 moves42.67
3×3 one-handed6.4310.358.0010.38
Clock3.103.8910.6312.95
Megaminx34.5838.7757.051:07.92
Pyraminx0.961.543.295.31
Skewb1.573.034.487.47
Square-13.415.818.0210.35

Year by year

every meeting, 65 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 19 meetings2023: 192024: 182025: 132026: 15

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRyan PilatJerry Yaoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final6.496.40Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round6.626.48Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round6.156.68Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Final6.357.35Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round11.5413.13Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round10.8712.66Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round26.3226.39Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Final26.7526.10Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round28.0926.22Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round47.4644.95Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Final46.4347.14Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Second round48.6444.10Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round1:31.631:30.79Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6Final1:34.511:31.60Jerry Yao

Full careers: Ryan Pilat · Jerry Yao. 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.