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Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) vs Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)

Two careers, 80 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.

Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) (Japan) and Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠) (Japan) have met in 80 rounds across 16 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠) leads Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之): 52 finishes in front to 28.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠) holds the faster single in 12, Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMasayuki Hirai (平井雅之) singleaverageTakumi Kawazoe (川添匠) singleaverage
3×36.607.865.987.30
2×21.472.811.142.47
4×428.6433.1523.9929.39
5×559.211:03.3945.9653.22
6×61:37.281:42.811:34.091:37.89
7×72:37.092:48.692:40.772:45.35
3×3 blindfolded1:39.922:24.591:22.972:40.55
3×3 one-handed15.8118.3312.2414.43
Megaminx28.5931.2230.6132.76
Pyraminx4.417.102.763.95
Skewb2.734.442.684.63
Square-122.4628.0714.5519.60
4×4 blindfolded32:04.0011:22.00
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 20:463 of 3 cubes · 23:22

Year by year

every meeting, 80 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 39 meetings2022: 62023: 32025: 322026: 39

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMasayuki Hirai (平井雅之)Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)ahead
2026Korea Open 20262×2Second round3.532.47Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Korea Open 20262×2First round3.203.05Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Korea Open 20263×3Second round9.178.31Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Korea Open 20263×3First round10.167.52Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Korea Open 20263×3Semi Final9.047.66Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Korea Open 20266×6First round1:48.891:45.40Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Korea Open 20267×7First round2:53.233:04.70Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)
2026Korea Open 2026MegaminxFirst round34.7735.88Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)
2026Korea Open 2026MegaminxFinal32.2432.76Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)
2026Korea Open 2026SkewbSecond round4.994.89Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Korea Open 2026SkewbFirst round5.264.63Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Korea Open 2026SkewbFinal6.186.36Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)
2026Kansai Mega Day 20263×3First round9.587.80Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)
2026Kansai Mega Day 20263×3Second round10.558.72Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠)

Full careers: Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之) · Takumi Kawazoe (川添匠). 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.