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John Gaynor vs Elliott Perkins

Two careers, 48 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.

John Gaynor (United States) and Elliott Perkins (United States) have met in 48 rounds across 7 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, John Gaynor leads Elliott Perkins: 36 finishes in front to 12.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Elliott Perkins holds the faster single in 14, John Gaynor in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJohn Gaynor singleaverageElliott Perkins singleaverage
3×37.499.385.907.31
2×22.223.420.741.53
4×434.4341.1428.1531.01
5×51:13.821:27.4059.911:05.04
6×62:47.363:12.602:02.472:09.43
7×73:57.704:03.183:15.383:31.49
3×3 blindfolded1:41.232:00.4235.2447.43
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves46.0023 moves26.67
3×3 one-handed14.0419.5610.2913.69
Clock12.9714.754.044.94
Megaminx43.8649.7947.8953.26
Pyraminx1.042.110.901.65
Skewb5.227.081.412.74
Square-124.2830.855.299.53
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 26:5513 of 14 cubes · 49:07

Year by year

every meeting, 48 rounds in all
20182024busiest year: 35 meetings2018: 62019: 352024: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJohn GaynorElliott Perkinsahead
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 20243×3First round11.128.23Elliott Perkins
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 20243×3Second round10.369.41Elliott Perkins
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 20244×4Final41.1436.34Elliott Perkins
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024PyraminxSecond round3.354.04John Gaynor
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024PyraminxFirst round2.534.54John Gaynor
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024SkewbFirst round7.084.73Elliott Perkins
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024Square-1First round51.4616.16Elliott Perkins
2019Flag City Fall 20192×2First round4.534.46Elliott Perkins
2019Flag City Fall 20193×3Second round9.8414.55John Gaynor
2019Flag City Fall 20193×3First round10.9012.87John Gaynor
2019Flag City Fall 20193×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:02.72John Gaynor
2019Flag City Fall 20193×3 Fewest MovesFinal46.0045.00Elliott Perkins
2019Flag City Fall 20194×4Final46.8854.30John Gaynor
2019Flag City Fall 20195×5Final1:39.491:51.74John Gaynor

Full careers: John Gaynor · Elliott Perkins. 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.