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Brian Johnson vs Marcus Kamen

Two careers, 217 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 Marcus Kamen (United States) have met in 217 rounds across 24 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Brian Johnson leads Marcus Kamen: 175 finishes in front to 42.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Brian Johnson holds the faster single in 14, Marcus Kamen in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrian Johnson singleaverageMarcus Kamen singleaverage
3×34.205.205.967.80
2×20.661.181.122.14
4×420.6924.9131.2138.16
5×544.1349.881:13.981:22.32
6×61:28.461:36.572:50.872:56.63
7×72:24.842:39.704:46.754:54.54
3×3 blindfolded2:01.382:19.722:45.61
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves19.0029 moves32.00
3×3 one-handed6.629.1612.2414.34
Clock4.786.776.348.26
Megaminx35.2841.131:10.301:16.44
Pyraminx1.021.851.091.76
Skewb1.152.312.284.03
Square-12.855.2520.6925.92

Year by year

every meeting, 217 rounds in all
20152026busiest year: 50 meetings2015: 112016: 52017: 212018: 302019: 472022: 252023: 502024: 102025: 102026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrian JohnsonMarcus Kamenahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.552.69Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round1.502.50Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.169.64Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.068.94Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round10.5116.63Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round25.6339.83Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round3.982.00Marcus Kamen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.625.19Brian Johnson
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 2025PyraminxFirst round3.233.07Marcus Kamen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.562.95Brian Johnson
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round6.8810.60Brian Johnson
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round10.5616.46Brian Johnson
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.4248.30Brian Johnson
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round53.321:27.20Brian Johnson

Full careers: Brian Johnson · Marcus Kamen. 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.