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Maverick Pearson vs Dylan Swarts

Two careers, 280 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.

Maverick Pearson (South Africa) and Dylan Swarts (South Africa) have met in 280 rounds across 21 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Maverick Pearson leads Dylan Swarts: 143 finishes in front to 132 and 5 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Dylan Swarts holds the faster single in 9, Maverick Pearson in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMaverick Pearson singleaverageDylan Swarts singleaverage
3×37.419.918.379.92
2×21.343.012.093.20
4×432.7538.0732.4841.51
5×51:12.851:17.051:10.611:16.40
6×62:27.812:40.202:17.492:31.65
7×73:58.684:06.273:54.494:08.34
3×3 blindfolded1:17.601:38.5630.3839.32
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves33.6741 moves
3×3 one-handed13.4116.8418.1321.42
Clock6.578.9014.1615.21
Megaminx1:05.341:10.971:06.391:11.64
Pyraminx3.205.233.835.09
Skewb4.436.434.005.96
Square-121.1130.7715.8720.87
4×4 blindfolded11:09.004:47.035:54.20
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 38:2118 of 18 cubes · 44:24

Year by year

every meeting, 280 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 93 meetings2018: 242019: 382020: 132022: 412023: 932024: 492025: 142026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMaverick PearsonDylan Swartsahead
2026Cubing in the Cape Q1 20263×3Second round10.5712.66Maverick Pearson
2026Cubing in the Cape Q1 20263×3First round11.6311.82Maverick Pearson
2026Cubing in the Cape Q1 20263×3Final10.9011.70Maverick Pearson
2026Cubing in the Cape Q1 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal1:38.5659.27Dylan Swarts
2026Cubing in the Cape Q1 20263×3 one-handedFirst round17.7524.20Maverick Pearson
2026Cubing in the Cape Q1 20263×3 one-handedFinal18.2329.54Maverick Pearson
2026Cubing in the Cape Q1 20264×4First round38.7946.80Maverick Pearson
2026Cubing in the Cape Q1 20264×4Final39.5350.03Maverick Pearson
2025Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:33.4139.32Dylan Swarts
2025Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 20253×3 blindfoldedFinaltie
2025Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal4 of 7 cubes · 38:1316 of 21 cubes · 53:13Dylan Swarts
2025Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 20254×4 blindfoldedFinaltie
2025Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 20255×5 blindfoldedFinaltie
2025Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 20256×6Final2:40.672:51.32Maverick Pearson

Full careers: Maverick Pearson · Dylan Swarts. 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.