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Ryan Pilat vs Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

Two careers, 73 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 Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) (Republic of Korea) have met in 73 rounds across 6 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads Kyeongmin Choi (최경민): 49 finishes in front to 23 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 13, Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRyan Pilat singleaverageKyeongmin Choi (최경민) singleaverage
3×33.345.444.726.21
2×20.691.290.531.18
4×420.9524.1224.0127.39
5×540.9646.4346.6251.90
6×61:19.791:26.201:34.421:37.91
7×71:56.582:08.112:20.092:35.74
3×3 blindfolded15.4920.5425.4832.52
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves20.3317 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed6.4310.358.6911.49
Clock3.103.894.936.00
Megaminx34.5838.7725.5328.86
Pyraminx0.961.541.522.67
Skewb1.573.031.202.35
Square-13.415.815.257.68
4×4 blindfolded2:08.443:28.263:25.024:05.03
5×5 blindfolded6:46.887:23.3510:45.0014:57.00
3×3 Multi-Blind23 of 23 cubes · 56:1117 of 19 cubes · 58:41

Year by year

every meeting, 73 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 22 meetings2018: 52019: 112021: 142024: 222025: 202026: 1

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRyan PilatKyeongmin Choi (최경민)ahead
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal20.3321.00Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round2.781.82Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.621.43Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.086.66Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round6.457.65Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.7713.43Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round14.5713.26Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.4433.45Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round49.5456.31Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5Second round49.8659.03Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:38.961:45.13Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:24.592:47.32Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7Second round2:22.252:38.45Ryan Pilat
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round4.567.80Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

Full careers: Ryan Pilat · Kyeongmin Choi (최경민). 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.