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Kevin Hays vs Paul Mahvi

Two careers, 287 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 Paul Mahvi (United States) have met in 287 rounds across 30 competitions since 2013. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kevin Hays leads Paul Mahvi: 212 finishes in front to 75.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Paul Mahvi holds the faster single in 10, Kevin Hays in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKevin Hays singleaveragePaul Mahvi singleaverage
3×35.897.684.826.72
2×21.292.870.852.56
4×421.7325.9121.9625.12
5×540.6846.6040.8047.11
6×61:09.171:16.731:17.691:23.94
7×71:49.621:56.031:59.492:08.38
3×3 blindfolded2:43.34—1:49.132:26.88
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—32 moves35.00
3×3 one-handed12.8316.6810.5314.08
Clock23.0333.575.556.91
Megaminx1:14.751:23.3046.6857.06
Pyraminx6.7210.461.603.85
Skewb7.448.401.293.19
Square-138.1652.727.9811.51

Year by year

every meeting, 287 rounds in all
20132026busiest year: 59 meetings2013: 82014: 82015: 232016: 252017: 162018: 592019: 192022: 122023: 282024: 102025: 382026: 41

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKevin HaysPaul Mahviahead
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20263×3Second round8.076.90Paul Mahvi
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20263×3First round8.517.93Paul Mahvi
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20263×3Final7.897.90Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20264×4Second round31.0529.74Paul Mahvi
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20264×4First round26.1629.43Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20264×4Final25.9126.19Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20265×5Final47.7349.65Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20265×5Second round47.5847.58Paul Mahvi
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20265×5First round46.7952.79Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20266×6First round1:24.591:33.04Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20266×6Final1:24.071:32.60Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20266×6Second round1:26.421:29.95Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20267×7Final2:10.462:12.94Kevin Hays
2026UCO Mega Cube-Off 20267×7Second round2:02.022:08.38Kevin Hays

Full careers: Kevin Hays · Paul Mahvi. 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.