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Kevin Matthews vs Mark Boyanowski

Two careers, 269 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 Matthews (Canada) and Mark Boyanowski (United States) have met in 269 rounds across 30 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Mark Boyanowski leads Kevin Matthews: 162 finishes in front to 101 and 6 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Mark Boyanowski holds the faster single in 11, Kevin Matthews in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKevin Matthews singleaverageMark Boyanowski singleaverage
3×37.269.628.9310.74
2×22.253.722.473.77
4×435.8943.0337.3043.53
5×51:01.371:10.121:09.931:17.55
6×61:52.362:02.762:03.562:15.24
7×72:59.133:07.303:01.703:07.96
3×3 blindfolded25.9033.2021.4827.23
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.6717 moves22.33
3×3 one-handed15.0221.3214.4419.98
Clock19.1321.3315.7619.64
Megaminx1:07.471:12.421:00.691:10.03
Pyraminx3.776.313.106.11
Skewb4.365.464.287.75
Square-120.2026.8016.5524.94
4×4 blindfolded3:40.707:21.422:50.793:00.65
5×5 blindfolded8:20.355:33.606:44.31
3×3 Multi-Blind29 of 32 cubes · 52:5747 of 50 cubes · 54:18

Year by year

every meeting, 269 rounds in all
20152025busiest year: 84 meetings2015: 382016: 842017: 242018: 382019: 282022: 162023: 112024: 92025: 21

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKevin MatthewsMark Boyanowskiahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round4.494.79Kevin Matthews
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.7011.88Kevin Matthews
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round34.7629.51Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round37.7927.53Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal21 of 27 cubes · 55:2240 of 50 cubes · 1:00:00Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round27.3222.12Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round46.2945.42Kevin Matthews
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:12.531:13.49Kevin Matthews
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal8:30.94Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:17.872:16.76Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:46.693:15.66Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round1:15.281:16.42Kevin Matthews
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Semi Final13.4212.35Mark Boyanowski
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Second round12.7911.47Mark Boyanowski

Full careers: Kevin Matthews · Mark Boyanowski. 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.