Head to head

Waris Ali vs Ryan Potts

Two careers, 93 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.

Waris Ali (United States) and Ryan Potts (United States) have met in 93 rounds across 12 competitions since 2010. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Waris Ali leads Ryan Potts: 80 finishes in front to 9 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Waris Ali holds the faster single in 7, Ryan Potts in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold

Event	Waris Ali single	average	Ryan Potts single	average
3×3	7.52	9.73	8.19	11.49
2×2	2.02	3.35	2.59	3.74
4×4	34.06	37.85	38.56	43.69
5×5	1:13.21	1:15.23	1:37.52	1:46.93
6×6	2:28.16	2:36.95	3:13.09	3:31.37
3×3 blindfolded	3:16.07	—	2:43.02	—
3×3 one-handed	15.03	20.22	20.83	24.43
Megaminx	1:14.62	1:34.90	2:18.49	—
Pyraminx	9.42	11.67	6.27	8.20
Square-1	16.42	20.84	15.06	20.34

Year by year

every meeting, 93 rounds in all

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise

Year	Competition	Event	Round	Waris Ali	Ryan Potts	ahead
2018	BarbeCubing Fall 2018	3×3	First round	9.73	12.57	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing Fall 2018	3×3	Final	10.41	12.88	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing Fall 2018	3×3	Second round	10.94	11.91	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing Fall 2018	4×4	First round	37.85	50.76	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing Fall 2018	4×4	Final	42.13	49.54	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing Fall 2018	5×5	Final	1:15.23	1:46.93	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing Fall 2018	6×6	Final	2:36.95	3:31.37	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing Fall 2018	Megaminx	Final	1:43.40	2:41.59	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing 2018	2×2	Final	4.55	5.27	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing 2018	2×2	First round	3.91	5.28	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing 2018	3×3	Final	10.88	13.45	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing 2018	3×3	Second round	10.98	12.50	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing 2018	3×3	First round	11.14	13.36	Waris Ali
2018	BarbeCubing 2018	3×3 one-handed	First round	23.13	26.09	Waris Ali

Full careers: Waris Ali · Ryan Potts. 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.