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Timothy Castle vs Joaquin Ruenes Hernández

Two careers, 43 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 Joaquin Ruenes Hernández (Mexico) have met in 43 rounds across 3 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández leads Timothy Castle: 25 finishes in front to 18.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández holds the faster single in 7, Timothy Castle in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTimothy Castle singleaverageJoaquin Ruenes Hernández singleaverage
3×35.197.674.836.78
2×20.941.610.581.29
4×424.4328.7924.8230.10
5×546.9555.1358.141:02.23
6×61:31.961:38.831:55.122:17.39
7×72:24.292:33.913:21.723:43.85
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.6730 moves38.00
3×3 one-handed11.0613.5311.0113.63
Clock5.346.663.555.10
Megaminx43.2647.2950.031:02.97
Pyraminx2.012.531.131.99
Skewb2.203.501.142.84
Square-14.737.074.678.35

Year by year

every meeting, 43 rounds in all
20222025busiest year: 15 meetings2022: 152024: 152025: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTimothy CastleJoaquin Ruenes Hernándezahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.741.73Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.638.07Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.478.33Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.5414.74Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.7934.83Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:01.931:07.70Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:39.392:16.54Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:37.934:33.42Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round47.291:08.10Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.582.17Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxSecond round2.532.01Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round7.313.45Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round9.3112.40Timothy Castle
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round2.801.46Joaquin Ruenes Hernández

Full careers: Timothy Castle · Joaquin Ruenes Hernández. 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.