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Vishwa Sankar vs Jerry Yao

Two careers, 158 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.

Vishwa Sankar (United States) and Jerry Yao (United States) have met in 158 rounds across 10 competitions since 2021. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jerry Yao leads Vishwa Sankar: 95 finishes in front to 63.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Vishwa Sankar holds the faster single in 8, Jerry Yao in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventVishwa Sankar singleaverageJerry Yao singleaverage
3×35.867.284.035.78
2×21.572.920.701.32
4×422.1525.8120.5725.71
5×539.7943.3038.9144.10
6×61:07.721:14.811:23.301:29.79
7×71:51.541:59.372:13.432:23.14
3×3 blindfolded1:06.081:18.242:01.112:45.42
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.3338 moves42.67
3×3 one-handed10.6813.028.0010.38
Clock3.074.1010.6312.95
Megaminx37.4244.1857.051:07.92
Pyraminx2.404.453.295.31
Skewb1.714.734.487.47
Square-19.0511.698.0210.35

Year by year

every meeting, 158 rounds in all
20212026busiest year: 60 meetings2021: 122022: 602023: 532024: 122025: 112026: 10

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundVishwa SankarJerry Yaoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.516.68Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round27.8126.22Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round31.1026.39Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Final27.0726.10Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Second round46.0044.10Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round48.7044.95Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Final45.9547.14Vishwa Sankar
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round1:25.931:30.79Vishwa Sankar
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6Final1:21.771:31.60Vishwa Sankar
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20267×7First round1:57.262:28.09Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.547.08Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.916.97Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round17.2912.42Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.4425.91Jerry Yao

Full careers: Vishwa Sankar · Jerry Yao. 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.