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Simon Kellum vs John Gaynor

Two careers, 85 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.

Simon Kellum (United States) and John Gaynor (United States) have met in 85 rounds across 13 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Simon Kellum leads John Gaynor: 62 finishes in front to 23.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Simon Kellum holds the faster single in 15, John Gaynor in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventSimon Kellum singleaverageJohn Gaynor singleaverage
3×34.917.067.499.38
2×20.711.442.223.42
4×429.2435.2734.4341.14
5×555.691:04.661:13.821:27.40
6×61:53.032:06.172:47.363:12.60
7×72:57.723:15.063:57.704:03.18
3×3 blindfolded39.081:02.971:41.232:00.42
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves20.6740 moves46.00
3×3 one-handed8.4911.9014.0419.56
Clock4.004.8812.9714.75
Megaminx39.3745.9443.8649.79
Pyraminx0.731.531.042.11
Skewb0.851.715.227.08
Square-16.6510.1324.2830.85
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 12 cubes · 56:452 of 3 cubes · 26:55

Year by year

every meeting, 85 rounds in all
20172022busiest year: 39 meetings2017: 142018: 242019: 392022: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundSimon KellumJohn Gaynorahead
2022Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022PyraminxFirst round2.142.51Simon Kellum
2022Gem City 20223×3First round10.4910.86Simon Kellum
2022Gem City 20223×3Final8.649.79Simon Kellum
2022Gem City 20223×3 one-handedFinal16.4819.56Simon Kellum
2022Gem City 2022PyraminxFinal1.792.11Simon Kellum
2022Gem City 2022PyraminxSecond round2.373.18Simon Kellum
2022Gem City 2022PyraminxFirst round2.642.24John Gaynor
2022Gem City 2022SkewbFirst round2.538.56Simon Kellum
2019Lake Country Fall 20193×3First round10.0111.05Simon Kellum
2019Lake Country Fall 20193×3 with feetFinal1:31.422:35.97Simon Kellum
2019Lake Country Fall 20193×3 one-handedFirst round19.5519.67Simon Kellum
2019Lake Country Fall 20194×4First round42.0046.26Simon Kellum
2019Lake Country Fall 2019PyraminxFirst round2.462.54Simon Kellum
2019Lake Country Fall 2019PyraminxFinal3.072.18John Gaynor

Full careers: Simon Kellum · John Gaynor. 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.