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Timothy Castle vs Bailing Hou

Two careers, 135 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 Bailing Hou (Canada) have met in 135 rounds across 14 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Timothy Castle leads Bailing Hou: 125 finishes in front to 10.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Timothy Castle holds the faster single in 13, Bailing Hou in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTimothy Castle singleaverageBailing Hou singleaverage
3×35.197.677.589.41
2×20.941.612.214.09
4×424.4328.7935.0340.85
5×546.9555.131:14.611:17.74
6×61:31.961:38.832:27.042:41.63
7×72:24.292:33.914:13.534:25.48
3×3 blindfolded16.3024.571:06.581:31.50
3×3 one-handed11.0613.5314.2717.60
Clock5.346.6610.8713.40
Megaminx43.2647.291:15.731:20.59
Pyraminx2.012.534.706.99
Skewb2.203.504.356.97
Square-14.737.074.487.59
3×3 Multi-Blind19 of 21 cubes · 52:485 of 6 cubes · 48:28

Year by year

every meeting, 135 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 75 meetings2018: 272019: 72022: 72023: 752025: 19

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTimothy CastleBailing Houahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.746.15Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.6310.56Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.641:43.24Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.5419.44Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.7947.82Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:01.931:28.58Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round47.291:27.31Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.589.81Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round7.3112.55Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round9.028.25Bailing Hou
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round9.319.83Timothy Castle
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Semi Final8.6712.05Timothy Castle
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Second round8.7310.86Timothy Castle
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3First round8.5211.66Timothy Castle

Full careers: Timothy Castle · Bailing Hou. 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.