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Paul Mahvi vs Kevin Gerhardt

Two careers, 171 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.

Paul Mahvi (United States) and Kevin Gerhardt (Germany) have met in 171 rounds across 9 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kevin Gerhardt leads Paul Mahvi: 140 finishes in front to 30 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Kevin Gerhardt holds the faster single in 12, Paul Mahvi in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventPaul Mahvi singleaverageKevin Gerhardt singleaverage
3×34.826.724.406.10
2×20.852.560.661.27
4×421.9625.1219.5524.15
5×540.8047.1138.7443.61
6×61:17.691:23.941:12.931:23.54
7×72:03.222:09.632:12.092:20.53
3×3 blindfolded1:49.132:26.8855.542:08.71
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves35.0022 moves26.00
3×3 one-handed10.5314.088.5110.05
Clock5.556.917.638.54
Megaminx46.6857.4330.2735.18
Pyraminx1.603.851.502.56
Skewb1.293.191.222.30
Square-17.9811.516.969.21

Year by year

every meeting, 171 rounds in all
20162025busiest year: 45 meetings2016: 362017: 412019: 182022: 452023: 142025: 17

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundPaul MahviKevin Gerhardtahead
2025Mainzelcubing 20253×3Final7.256.41Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20253×3Second round9.116.33Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20253×3First round8.236.63Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20253×3 one-handedFirst round18.8211.75Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20254×4Final25.8825.39Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20254×4First round29.9426.90Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20255×5Second round53.1349.59Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20255×5Final50.3052.84Paul Mahvi
2025Mainzelcubing 20255×5First round53.2247.41Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20256×6First round1:42.011:44.24Paul Mahvi
2025Mainzelcubing 20256×6Final1:37.701:30.58Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20256×6Second round1:36.271:33.99Kevin Gerhardt
2025Mainzelcubing 20257×7Second round2:13.802:42.79Paul Mahvi
2025Mainzelcubing 20257×7First round2:16.322:40.12Paul Mahvi

Full careers: Paul Mahvi · Kevin Gerhardt. 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.