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Brian Johnson vs John Gaynor

Two careers, 69 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.

Brian Johnson (United States) and John Gaynor (United States) have met in 69 rounds across 10 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Brian Johnson leads John Gaynor: 52 finishes in front to 17.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Brian Johnson holds the faster single in 13, John Gaynor in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrian Johnson singleaverageJohn Gaynor singleaverage
3×34.205.207.499.38
2×20.661.182.223.42
4×420.6924.9134.4341.14
5×544.1349.881:13.821:27.40
6×61:28.461:36.572:47.363:12.60
7×72:24.842:39.703:57.704:03.18
3×3 blindfolded2:01.381:41.232:00.42
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves19.0040 moves46.00
3×3 one-handed6.629.1614.0419.56
Clock4.786.7712.9714.75
Megaminx35.2841.1343.8649.79
Pyraminx1.021.851.042.11
Skewb1.152.315.227.08
Square-12.855.2524.2830.85

Year by year

every meeting, 69 rounds in all
20172022busiest year: 26 meetings2017: 72018: 172019: 262022: 19

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrian JohnsonJohn Gaynorahead
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 20223×3Second round6.549.45Brian Johnson
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 20223×3First round7.849.55Brian Johnson
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 20223×3Final7.789.38Brian Johnson
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 20223×3 one-handedFirst round12.3721.94Brian Johnson
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 20224×4First round29.7341.61Brian Johnson
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 20227×7Final3:36.294:03.18Brian Johnson
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022MegaminxFirst round49.3249.93Brian Johnson
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022MegaminxFinal49.8749.79John Gaynor
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022PyraminxFirst round2.622.51John Gaynor
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022PyraminxFinal3.002.82John Gaynor
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022SkewbFinal2.737.15Brian Johnson
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022Square-1First round9.09Brian Johnson
2022Gem City 20223×3First round7.2510.86Brian Johnson
2022Gem City 20223×3Final7.129.79Brian Johnson

Full careers: Brian Johnson · John Gaynor. 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.