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Timothy Castle vs Ash Black

Two careers, 545 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.

Timothy Castle (United States) and Ash Black (United States) have met in 545 rounds across 51 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Timothy Castle leads Ash Black: 323 finishes in front to 219 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Timothy Castle holds the faster single in 8, Ash Black in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTimothy Castle singleaverageAsh Black singleaverage
3×35.197.675.857.50
2×20.941.610.781.97
4×424.4328.7924.0430.14
5×546.9555.1349.2954.29
6×61:31.961:38.831:34.451:41.09
7×72:24.292:33.912:28.822:43.14
3×3 blindfolded16.3024.571:10.141:29.82
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.6722 moves31.00
3×3 one-handed11.0613.5310.0712.37
Clock5.346.665.266.05
Megaminx43.2647.2943.5447.02
Pyraminx2.012.531.562.41
Skewb2.203.501.301.80
Square-14.737.078.0011.65
3×3 Multi-Blind19 of 21 cubes · 52:487 of 9 cubes · 56:34

Year by year

every meeting, 545 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 192 meetings2017: 22018: 532019: 622020: 292021: 202022: 1192023: 1922024: 412025: 27

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTimothy CastleAsh Blackahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.638.75Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.478.88Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.5415.15Ash Black
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.7934.49Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:01.931:02.05Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:39.391:45.00Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6Second round1:43.131:48.72Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:37.933:05.26Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round47.2949.84Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxSecond round2.532.54Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.583.87Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round7.312.49Ash Black
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Semi Final8.678.78Timothy Castle
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Second round8.739.76Timothy Castle

Full careers: Timothy Castle · Ash Black. 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.