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Kevin Matthews vs Neel Gore

Two careers, 126 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 Neel Gore (United States) have met in 126 rounds across 16 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Neel Gore leads Kevin Matthews: 66 finishes in front to 52 and 8 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Kevin Matthews holds the faster single in 10, Neel Gore in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKevin Matthews singleaverageNeel Gore singleaverage
3×37.269.628.3910.47
2×22.253.721.573.31
4×435.8943.0342.4646.07
5×51:01.371:10.121:23.241:33.10
6×61:52.362:02.763:36.654:02.28
7×72:59.133:07.305:39.065:55.54
3×3 blindfolded25.9033.2019.9625.79
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.6735 moves38.67
3×3 one-handed15.0221.3213.4016.66
Megaminx1:07.471:12.421:07.951:21.26
Pyraminx3.776.3110.1012.67
Skewb4.365.4611.1414.49
Square-120.2026.8014.4318.46
4×4 blindfolded3:40.707:21.421:59.88
5×5 blindfolded8:20.359:07.88
3×3 Multi-Blind29 of 32 cubes · 52:5728 of 29 cubes · 58:27

Year by year

every meeting, 126 rounds in all
20162025busiest year: 53 meetings2016: 122017: 532018: 392019: 92023: 82025: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKevin MatthewsNeel Goreahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.7012.81Kevin Matthews
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round34.7627.03Neel Gore
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round37.7929.66Neel Gore
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal21 of 27 cubes · 55:2218 of 29 cubes · 57:55Kevin Matthews
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round27.3217.36Neel Gore
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3First round11.2210.66Neel Gore
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 blindfoldedSecond round31.5029.07Neel Gore
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round42.7441.50Kevin Matthews
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 Multi-BlindFinal24 of 29 cubes · 53:1011 of 13 cubes · 43:49Kevin Matthews
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 one-handedFirst round27.3721.17Neel Gore
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20234×4First round45.611:00.47Kevin Matthews
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20235×5First round1:14.541:46.97Kevin Matthews
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20235×5 blindfoldedFinal10:45.00Neel Gore
2019CubingUSA Nationals 20193×3First round12.6011.08Neel Gore

Full careers: Kevin Matthews · Neel Gore. 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.