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John Gaynor vs Harsha Paladugu

Two careers, 84 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 Harsha Paladugu (United States) have met in 84 rounds across 11 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, John Gaynor leads Harsha Paladugu: 69 finishes in front to 14 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Harsha Paladugu holds the faster single in 12, John Gaynor in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJohn Gaynor singleaverageHarsha Paladugu singleaverage
3×37.499.386.038.80
2×22.223.421.543.03
4×434.4341.1433.8339.91
5×51:13.821:27.401:16.611:27.48
6×62:47.363:12.602:43.222:51.40
7×73:57.704:03.184:26.484:57.96
3×3 blindfolded1:41.232:00.421:05.131:54.29
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves46.0021 moves23.33
3×3 one-handed14.0419.568.9113.88
Clock12.9714.753.944.79
Megaminx43.8649.7951.761:01.40
Pyraminx1.042.110.951.68
Skewb5.227.081.834.52
Square-124.2830.859.5614.19
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 26:552 of 2 cubes · 16:18

Year by year

every meeting, 84 rounds in all
20172024busiest year: 39 meetings2017: 82018: 192019: 392021: 52022: 62024: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJohn GaynorHarsha Paladuguahead
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 20243×3Second round10.369.47Harsha Paladugu
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 20243×3First round11.129.68Harsha Paladugu
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 20244×4Final41.1448.66John Gaynor
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024PyraminxSecond round3.352.41Harsha Paladugu
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024PyraminxFirst round2.533.34John Gaynor
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024SkewbFirst round7.087.60John Gaynor
2024Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024Square-1First round51.4618.80Harsha Paladugu
2022Gem City 20223×3First round10.8612.33John Gaynor
2022Gem City 20223×3 one-handedFinal19.5620.06John Gaynor
2022Gem City 2022PyraminxFinal2.112.56John Gaynor
2022Gem City 2022PyraminxSecond round3.182.94Harsha Paladugu
2022Gem City 2022PyraminxFirst round2.242.29John Gaynor
2022Gem City 2022SkewbFirst round8.568.68John Gaynor
2021Stowhio Open 20212×2First round4.034.62John Gaynor

Full careers: John Gaynor · Harsha Paladugu. 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.