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Walker Welch vs Mark Boyanowski

Two careers, 558 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 Mark Boyanowski (United States) have met in 558 rounds across 60 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Walker Welch leads Mark Boyanowski: 367 finishes in front to 182 and 9 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Walker Welch holds the faster single in 12, Mark Boyanowski in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWalker Welch singleaverageMark Boyanowski singleaverage
3×36.808.668.9310.74
2×20.661.822.473.77
4×429.6133.5437.3043.53
5×555.061:02.221:09.931:17.55
6×61:37.221:43.402:03.562:15.24
7×72:23.872:34.433:01.703:07.96
3×3 blindfolded38.461:18.8621.4827.23
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0017 moves22.33
3×3 one-handed12.0515.3514.4419.98
Clock4.356.1415.7619.64
Megaminx50.0859.041:00.691:10.03
Pyraminx2.063.673.106.11
Skewb1.383.884.287.75
Square-17.8813.8316.5524.94
4×4 blindfolded5:16.477:21.532:50.793:00.65
5×5 blindfolded14:41.0019:09.005:33.606:44.31
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:0247 of 50 cubes · 54:18

Year by year

every meeting, 558 rounds in all
20142026busiest year: 111 meetings2014: 392015: 492016: 1022017: 742018: 682019: 1112022: 632023: 212024: 92025: 172026: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWalker WelchMark Boyanowskiahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round10.8212.46Walker Welch
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round31.68Mark Boyanowski
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal27 moves24.67Mark Boyanowski
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round40.0750.29Walker Welch
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20267×7First round2:54.683:17.98Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.654.79Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.5311.88Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:35.3329.51Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.3325 movesWalker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round19.1322.12Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round36.4145.42Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:05.521:13.49Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:54.362:16.76Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:39.673:15.66Walker Welch

Full careers: Walker Welch · Mark Boyanowski. 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.