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Walker Welch vs Stanley Chapel

Two careers, 533 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 Stanley Chapel (United States) have met in 533 rounds across 34 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stanley Chapel leads Walker Welch: 387 finishes in front to 138 and 8 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Stanley Chapel holds the faster single in 15, Walker Welch in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWalker Welch singleaverageStanley Chapel singleaverage
3×36.808.665.046.48
2×20.661.820.761.40
4×429.6133.5424.3627.25
5×555.061:02.2242.8748.18
6×61:37.221:43.401:22.691:28.82
7×72:23.872:34.432:06.542:14.56
3×3 blindfolded38.461:18.8614.5215.71
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0019 moves21.67
3×3 one-handed12.0515.359.2511.51
Clock4.356.143.153.55
Megaminx50.0859.0436.9441.32
Pyraminx2.063.671.142.02
Skewb1.383.881.372.16
Square-17.8813.835.127.29
4×4 blindfolded5:16.477:21.5351.9659.39
5×5 blindfolded14:41.0019:09.001:58.592:27.63
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:0253 of 57 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 533 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 113 meetings2016: 372017: 662018: 712019: 1032021: 82022: 742023: 1132024: 212025: 292026: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWalker WelchStanley Chapelahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.252.04Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round2.932.41Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round10.828.05Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.36Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal27 moves32.67Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round20.1212.88Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round40.0727.72Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:05.0052.14Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round1:54.641:32.26Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round8.882.23Stanley Chapel
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round6.095.48Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.3322.67Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.651.42Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.537.81Stanley Chapel

Full careers: Walker Welch · Stanley Chapel. 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.