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Kevin Hays vs Patrick Ponce

Two careers, 175 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.

Kevin Hays (United States) and Patrick Ponce (United States) have met in 175 rounds across 17 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Patrick Ponce leads Kevin Hays: 113 finishes in front to 62.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Patrick Ponce holds the faster single in 13, Kevin Hays in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKevin Hays singleaveragePatrick Ponce singleaverage
3×35.897.684.175.54
2×21.292.870.871.68
4×421.7326.9718.0621.51
5×540.6847.1137.9041.49
6×61:09.171:16.731:11.741:18.95
7×71:49.621:56.032:05.602:11.20
3×3 blindfolded2:43.3440.8249.73
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves30 moves
3×3 one-handed12.8316.685.628.65
Clock23.0333.577.648.77
Megaminx1:14.751:23.3031.0635.40
Pyraminx6.7210.464.206.63
Skewb7.448.402.698.34
Square-138.1652.725.497.30
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 15:425 of 5 cubes · 22:55

Year by year

every meeting, 175 rounds in all
20142025busiest year: 35 meetings2014: 112016: 82017: 352018: 262019: 212022: 312023: 352025: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKevin HaysPatrick Ponceahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.116.82Patrick Ponce
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round30.3023.48Patrick Ponce
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round50.3746.21Patrick Ponce
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5Second round47.1442.65Patrick Ponce
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6Second round1:27.991:22.20Patrick Ponce
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:24.391:22.35Patrick Ponce
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:12.782:26.81Kevin Hays
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7Second round2:07.322:17.83Kevin Hays
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round8.676.28Patrick Ponce
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round7.986.26Patrick Ponce
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round21.0610.00Patrick Ponce
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4Second round28.1825.83Patrick Ponce
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round27.1923.45Patrick Ponce
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5Second round52.0145.25Patrick Ponce

Full careers: Kevin Hays · Patrick Ponce. 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.