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Kevin Matthews vs Stanley Chapel

Two careers, 174 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 Stanley Chapel (United States) have met in 174 rounds across 14 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stanley Chapel leads Kevin Matthews: 155 finishes in front to 17 and 2 ties.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKevin Matthews singleaverageStanley Chapel singleaverage
3×37.269.625.046.48
2×22.253.720.761.40
4×435.8943.0324.3627.25
5×51:01.371:10.1242.8748.18
6×61:52.362:02.761:22.691:28.82
7×72:59.133:07.302:06.542:14.56
3×3 blindfolded25.9033.2014.5215.71
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.6719 moves21.67
3×3 one-handed15.0221.329.2511.51
Clock19.1321.333.153.55
Megaminx1:07.471:12.4236.9441.32
Pyraminx3.776.311.142.02
Skewb4.365.461.372.16
Square-120.2026.805.127.29
4×4 blindfolded3:40.707:21.4251.9659.39
5×5 blindfolded8:20.351:58.592:27.63
3×3 Multi-Blind29 of 32 cubes · 52:5753 of 57 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 174 rounds in all
20162025busiest year: 36 meetings2016: 102017: 192018: 332019: 242022: 172023: 362024: 172025: 18

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKevin MatthewsStanley Chapelahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round4.491.42Kevin Matthews
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.707.81Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round34.7618.84Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round37.7915.94Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal21 of 27 cubes · 55:22Kevin Matthews
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round27.3217.38Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round46.2927.91Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal6:08.091:02.32Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:12.5351.53Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal2:13.74Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:17.871:30.59Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:46.692:33.83Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round1:15.2848.70Stanley Chapel
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round8.203.11Stanley Chapel

Full careers: Kevin Matthews · Stanley Chapel. 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.