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Willem Klose vs Ryan Eckersley

Two careers, 62 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.

Willem Klose (Germany) and Ryan Eckersley (United Kingdom) have met in 62 rounds across 7 competitions since 2024. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Eckersley leads Willem Klose: 51 finishes in front to 11.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ryan Eckersley holds the faster single in 14, Willem Klose in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWillem Klose singleaverageRyan Eckersley singleaverage
3×36.7110.677.779.75
2×21.513.261.153.33
4×436.9542.5930.5435.94
5×51:15.361:22.1058.671:07.53
6×63:08.483:32.741:52.592:02.64
7×75:09.165:50.863:05.273:18.39
3×3 blindfolded25.1829.9416.6121.33
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves29.0026 moves36.67
3×3 one-handed17.5824.6813.9317.23
Clock7.528.833.754.88
Megaminx1:32.181:40.0958.341:06.58
Pyraminx2.123.332.514.58
Skewb2.786.021.783.57
Square-118.1525.366.138.31
4×4 blindfolded2:24.354:55.961:07.481:22.99
5×5 blindfolded6:10.367:19.702:28.532:59.40
3×3 Multi-Blind26 of 27 cubes · 56:1540 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00

Year by year

every meeting, 62 rounds in all
20242026busiest year: 40 meetings2024: 402026: 22

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWillem KloseRyan Eckersleyahead
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20262×2First round4.298.56Willem Klose
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3First round12.5912.52Ryan Eckersley
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round42.4818.70Ryan Eckersley
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round35.7122.15Ryan Eckersley
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20264×4First round42.5941.21Ryan Eckersley
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20265×5First round1:25.961:12.85Ryan Eckersley
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal7:19.703:28.85Ryan Eckersley
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round5.049.00Willem Klose
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026SkewbFirst round8.336.66Ryan Eckersley
2026BLD Open Fürth 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round34.6019.64Ryan Eckersley
2026BLD Open Fürth 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round58.4041.30Ryan Eckersley
2026BLD Open Fürth 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal31.6623.03Ryan Eckersley
2026BLD Open Fürth 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal19 of 28 cubes · 1:00:0040 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00Ryan Eckersley
2026BLD Open Fürth 20264×4 blindfoldedFirst round2:41.611:44.07Ryan Eckersley

Full careers: Willem Klose · Ryan Eckersley. 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.