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Thomas Patterson vs Ryan Eckersley

Two careers, 142 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.

Thomas Patterson (United Kingdom) and Ryan Eckersley (United Kingdom) have met in 142 rounds across 17 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Eckersley leads Thomas Patterson: 81 finishes in front to 60 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ryan Eckersley holds the faster single in 15, Thomas Patterson in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventThomas Patterson singleaverageRyan Eckersley singleaverage
3×36.638.387.779.75
2×21.243.231.153.33
4×431.5835.9930.5435.94
5×51:04.441:10.2358.671:07.53
6×62:17.322:24.481:52.592:02.64
7×73:31.953:35.903:05.273:18.39
3×3 blindfolded22.8527.0516.6121.33
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves30.0026 moves36.67
3×3 one-handed16.4123.0513.9317.23
Clock11.6614.413.754.88
Megaminx39.1247.7758.341:06.58
Pyraminx2.574.112.514.58
Skewb3.165.451.783.57
Square-122.0128.946.138.31
4×4 blindfolded2:42.684:02.761:07.481:22.99
5×5 blindfolded6:55.642:28.532:59.40
3×3 Multi-Blind37 of 41 cubes · 59:3040 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00

Year by year

every meeting, 142 rounds in all
20222025busiest year: 68 meetings2022: 72023: 682024: 612025: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundThomas PattersonRyan Eckersleyahead
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round23.8122.23Ryan Eckersley
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal30.6036.37Thomas Patterson
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal30 of 33 cubes · 53:5822 of 25 cubes · 45:09Thomas Patterson
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal3:24.281:29.95Ryan Eckersley
2025Rubik's UK Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal4:59.36Ryan Eckersley
2025Rubik's UK Championship 2025SkewbFirst round8.564.50Ryan Eckersley
2024Norwich Winter 20243×3First round9.4812.05Thomas Patterson
2024Norwich Winter 20243×3Final9.0210.33Thomas Patterson
2024Norwich Winter 20243×3Second round10.7413.14Thomas Patterson
2024Norwich Winter 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round25.9922.38Ryan Eckersley
2024Norwich Winter 20243×3 blindfoldedFinal24.7528.52Thomas Patterson
2024Norwich Winter 20243×3 Multi-BlindFinal37 of 41 cubes · 59:3029 of 38 cubes · 58:02Thomas Patterson
2024Norwich Winter 2024MegaminxFirst round55.491:12.37Thomas Patterson
2024Norwich Winter 2024SkewbFinal8.025.45Ryan Eckersley

Full careers: Thomas Patterson · Ryan Eckersley. 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.