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Roan Paone vs Lucas Nieuwland

Two careers, 338 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.

Roan Paone (Canada) and Lucas Nieuwland (Canada) have met in 338 rounds across 50 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Roan Paone leads Lucas Nieuwland: 258 finishes in front to 78 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Roan Paone holds the faster single in 10, Lucas Nieuwland in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRoan Paone singleaverageLucas Nieuwland singleaverage
3×35.637.386.578.26
2×21.593.641.722.71
4×427.3832.9933.6936.30
5×551.9956.881:05.261:10.54
6×61:39.201:46.022:07.332:15.37
7×72:42.352:57.173:17.353:23.37
3×3 blindfolded2:13.322:31.204:41.05
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves38.0029 moves34.67
3×3 one-handed9.4911.3414.1618.17
Clock5.287.102.774.19
Megaminx41.5454.1350.5558.32
Pyraminx2.304.172.214.50
Skewb3.015.572.364.68
Square-112.2816.9213.5718.10

Year by year

every meeting, 338 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 73 meetings2018: 362019: 622020: 82022: 562023: 732024: 682025: 232026: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRoan PaoneLucas Nieuwlandahead
2026Waterloo Spring 20263×3Second round8.249.94Roan Paone
2026Waterloo Spring 20263×3First round9.669.78Roan Paone
2026Waterloo Spring 20263×3 one-handedSecond round12.4925.93Roan Paone
2026Waterloo Spring 20263×3 one-handedFirst round13.5826.37Roan Paone
2026Waterloo Spring 2026MegaminxFinal1:02.561:01.15Lucas Nieuwland
2026Waterloo Spring 2026MegaminxFirst round1:00.371:07.59Roan Paone
2026Wasaga Beach Spring 20262×2First round4.023.08Lucas Nieuwland
2026Wasaga Beach Spring 20263×3First round9.019.90Roan Paone
2026Wasaga Beach Spring 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal2:42.244:57.80Roan Paone
2026Wasaga Beach Spring 20267×7Final3:15.863:30.63Roan Paone
2026Wasaga Beach Spring 2026ClockFinal8.085.64Lucas Nieuwland
2026Wasaga Beach Spring 2026ClockFirst round9.625.26Lucas Nieuwland
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3First round9.659.67Roan Paone
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3Semi Final9.248.76Lucas Nieuwland

Full careers: Roan Paone · Lucas Nieuwland. 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.