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Walker Welch vs Ryan Pilat

Two careers, 221 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 Ryan Pilat (United States) have met in 221 rounds across 14 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads Walker Welch: 183 finishes in front to 38.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 14, Walker Welch in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWalker Welch singleaverageRyan Pilat singleaverage
3×36.808.663.345.44
2×20.661.820.691.29
4×429.6133.5420.9524.12
5×555.061:02.2240.9646.43
6×61:37.221:43.401:19.791:26.20
7×72:23.872:34.431:56.582:08.11
3×3 blindfolded38.461:18.8615.4920.54
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0019 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed12.0515.356.4310.35
Clock4.356.143.103.89
Megaminx50.0859.0434.5838.77
Pyraminx2.063.670.961.54
Skewb1.383.881.573.03
Square-17.8813.833.415.81
4×4 blindfolded5:16.477:21.532:08.443:28.26
5×5 blindfolded14:41.0019:09.006:46.887:23.35
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:0223 of 23 cubes · 56:11

Year by year

every meeting, 221 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 123 meetings2018: 62019: 162023: 1232024: 182025: 192026: 39

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWalker WelchRyan Pilatahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round10.826.15Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round20.07Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal27 moves24 movesRyan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round20.1210.87Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round40.0726.32Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:05.0047.46Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round1:54.641:31.63Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20267×7First round2:54.682:13.19Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round8.882.53Ryan Pilat
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21.0020.33Ryan Pilat
2026CubingUSA Heartland Championship 20262×2Second round2.741.81Ryan Pilat
2026CubingUSA Heartland Championship 20262×2First round2.661.84Ryan Pilat
2026CubingUSA Heartland Championship 20263×3Second round11.386.02Ryan Pilat
2026CubingUSA Heartland Championship 20263×3First round10.546.78Ryan Pilat

Full careers: Walker Welch · Ryan Pilat. 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.