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Yusuf Ragab vs Ian Southa

Two careers, 257 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.

Yusuf Ragab (United States) and Ian Southa (United States) have met in 257 rounds across 27 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ian Southa leads Yusuf Ragab: 184 finishes in front to 73.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Ian Southa holds the faster single in 7, Yusuf Ragab in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventYusuf Ragab singleaverageIan Southa singleaverage
3×37.228.767.708.98
2×21.953.961.993.60
4×431.1733.6729.3235.10
5×51:00.941:08.9053.4857.82
6×62:13.132:33.591:48.691:53.26
7×74:06.634:25.662:50.473:02.57
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves38.6734 moves42.67
3×3 one-handed16.0020.5514.8219.33
Megaminx1:24.211:31.371:31.101:38.11
Pyraminx4.197.024.476.92
Skewb4.156.512.563.97
Square-19.3411.805.866.94

Year by year

every meeting, 257 rounds in all
20182022busiest year: 103 meetings2018: 622019: 1032020: 152021: 142022: 63

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundYusuf RagabIan Southaahead
2022Cubetcha 20222×2First round5.073.64Ian Southa
2022Cubetcha 20223×3Second round11.4510.41Ian Southa
2022Cubetcha 20223×3First round11.009.70Ian Southa
2022Cubetcha 20223×3 one-handedFirst round24.6224.72Yusuf Ragab
2022Cubetcha 20225×5Final1:08.901:05.71Ian Southa
2022Cubetcha 2022SkewbFirst round8.765.03Ian Southa
2022Cubetcha 2022Square-1First round16.229.32Ian Southa
2022Cubetcha 2022Square-1Final15.469.77Ian Southa
2022NxN Minnesota 20222×2First round5.495.63Yusuf Ragab
2022NxN Minnesota 20223×3Final8.7610.24Yusuf Ragab
2022NxN Minnesota 20223×3Second round10.5810.12Ian Southa
2022NxN Minnesota 20223×3First round10.689.24Ian Southa
2022NxN Minnesota 20224×4First round40.2335.22Ian Southa
2022NxN Minnesota 20224×4Final33.6735.10Yusuf Ragab

Full careers: Yusuf Ragab · Ian Southa. 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.