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Walker Welch vs Alexei Sinyavin

Two careers, 83 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.

Walker Welch (United States) and Alexei Sinyavin (United States) have met in 83 rounds across 10 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Alexei Sinyavin leads Walker Welch: 57 finishes in front to 26.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Alexei Sinyavin holds the faster single in 8, Walker Welch in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWalker Welch singleaverageAlexei Sinyavin singleaverage
3×36.808.665.617.00
2×20.661.821.141.86
4×429.6133.5422.1225.11
5×555.061:02.2241.3246.51
6×61:37.221:43.401:15.661:20.66
7×72:23.872:34.432:03.712:13.89
3×3 blindfolded38.461:18.861:15.03
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0019 moves22.00
3×3 one-handed12.0515.3511.3313.67
Clock4.356.145.786.96
Megaminx50.0859.0424.6027.92
Pyraminx2.063.673.475.15
Skewb1.383.881.574.29
Square-17.8813.837.0210.21
4×4 blindfolded5:16.477:21.5318:55.00
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:024 of 6 cubes · 46:30

Year by year

every meeting, 83 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 17 meetings2019: 172022: 92023: 152024: 162025: 162026: 10

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWalker WelchAlexei Sinyavinahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.252.92Walker Welch
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round10.827.62Alexei Sinyavin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal27 moves23 movesAlexei Sinyavin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round20.1215.73Alexei Sinyavin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round40.0728.38Alexei Sinyavin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:05.0050.93Alexei Sinyavin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round1:54.641:31.36Alexei Sinyavin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20267×7First round2:54.682:17.62Alexei Sinyavin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round8.886.19Alexei Sinyavin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round6.099.59Walker Welch
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.3324.67Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.652.98Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round10.777.98Alexei Sinyavin
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.537.17Alexei Sinyavin

Full careers: Walker Welch · Alexei Sinyavin. 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.