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Kevin Matthews vs Noah Swor

Two careers, 77 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 Noah Swor (United States) have met in 77 rounds across 5 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Noah Swor leads Kevin Matthews: 68 finishes in front to 6 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Noah Swor holds the faster single in 17, Kevin Matthews in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKevin Matthews singleaverageNoah Swor singleaverage
3×37.269.625.936.99
2×22.253.720.811.59
4×435.8943.0323.4124.63
5×51:01.371:10.1244.7250.90
6×61:52.362:02.761:28.971:37.39
7×72:59.133:07.302:26.342:32.30
3×3 blindfolded25.9033.2013.8616.39
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.6720 moves22.33
3×3 one-handed15.0221.328.3411.41
Clock19.1321.333.244.06
Megaminx1:07.471:12.4235.7742.69
Pyraminx3.776.311.402.56
Skewb4.365.461.322.73
Square-120.2026.804.506.57
4×4 blindfolded3:40.707:21.421:23.841:45.48
5×5 blindfolded8:20.354:39.137:37.81
3×3 Multi-Blind29 of 32 cubes · 52:5737 of 39 cubes · 58:34

Year by year

every meeting, 77 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 17 meetings2019: 122022: 172023: 172024: 162025: 15

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKevin MatthewsNoah Sworahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round4.491.91Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.708.01Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round34.7618.74Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round37.7916.92Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal21 of 27 cubes · 55:2237 of 39 cubes · 58:34Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round27.3214.48Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round46.2924.90Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal6:08.092:01.99Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:12.5353.53Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal4:39.13Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:17.871:47.04Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:46.692:47.88Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round1:15.2848.38Noah Swor
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round8.204.13Noah Swor

Full careers: Kevin Matthews · Noah Swor. 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.