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Timothy Castle vs Elijah Rain Phelps

Two careers, 45 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 Elijah Rain Phelps (United States) have met in 45 rounds across 3 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Timothy Castle leads Elijah Rain Phelps: 24 finishes in front to 21.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Timothy Castle holds the faster single in 9, Elijah Rain Phelps in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTimothy Castle singleaverageElijah Rain Phelps singleaverage
3×35.197.675.287.17
2×20.941.610.891.83
4×424.4328.7926.2930.44
5×546.9555.1349.2258.39
6×61:31.961:38.831:51.412:04.08
7×72:24.292:33.913:24.013:37.21
3×3 blindfolded16.3024.572:06.322:20.98
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.6731 moves35.00
3×3 one-handed11.0613.5310.9013.46
Clock5.346.663.204.05
Megaminx43.2647.2943.5549.54
Pyraminx2.012.531.372.05
Skewb2.203.501.243.15
Square-14.737.074.336.64
3×3 Multi-Blind19 of 21 cubes · 52:482 of 2 cubes · 11:56

Year by year

every meeting, 45 rounds in all
20232025busiest year: 16 meetings2023: 152024: 162025: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTimothy CastleElijah Rain Phelpsahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.742.88Elijah Rain Phelps
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.637.80Elijah Rain Phelps
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.478.53Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.5416.81Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.7936.32Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:01.931:07.11Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:39.392:15.10Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:37.934:10.10Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round47.2958.08Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.582.71Elijah Rain Phelps
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxSecond round2.532.59Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round7.314.00Elijah Rain Phelps
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round9.318.00Elijah Rain Phelps
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round9.028.84Elijah Rain Phelps

Full careers: Timothy Castle · Elijah Rain Phelps. 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.