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Walker Welch vs Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)

Two careers, 47 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 Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) (Japan) have met in 47 rounds across 5 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Walker Welch leads Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広): 26 finishes in front to 21.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Walker Welch holds the faster single in 11, Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWalker Welch singleaverageTomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広) singleaverage
3×36.808.667.458.64
2×20.661.821.412.33
4×429.6133.5425.6130.94
5×555.061:02.2247.2752.61
6×61:37.221:43.401:26.261:31.38
7×72:23.872:34.432:11.012:16.05
3×3 blindfolded38.461:18.8641.0149.02
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0019 moves23.00
3×3 one-handed12.0515.3512.5916.18
Clock4.356.146.468.27
Megaminx50.0859.0442.5746.67
Pyraminx2.063.672.954.18
Skewb1.383.882.894.80
Square-17.8813.8313.2518.35
4×4 blindfolded5:16.477:21.538:27.91
5×5 blindfolded14:41.0019:09.0031:02.00
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:0210 of 13 cubes · 57:22

Year by year

every meeting, 47 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 13 meetings2017: 122019: 122023: 132025: 92026: 1

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWalker WelchTomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)ahead
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21.0023.00Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.653.98Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.5310.09Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.3328 movesWalker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round36.4135.32Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:05.5257.74Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:54.361:36.12Walker Welch
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:39.672:25.58Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7Second round2:49.182:33.19Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round1:01.5154.05Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2Second round2.833.50Walker Welch
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round3.362.33Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round10.7410.24Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round10.009.87Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広)

Full careers: Walker Welch · Tomohiro Kobayashi (小林知広). 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.