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Thomas Patterson vs Steven Kearns

Two careers, 147 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.

Thomas Patterson (United Kingdom) and Steven Kearns (United Kingdom) have met in 147 rounds across 16 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Steven Kearns leads Thomas Patterson: 85 finishes in front to 61 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Steven Kearns holds the faster single in 9, Thomas Patterson in 8.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventThomas Patterson singleaverageSteven Kearns singleaverage
3×36.638.386.298.63
2×21.243.231.652.90
4×431.5835.9929.1435.73
5×51:04.441:10.2356.911:01.10
6×62:17.322:24.481:41.811:47.72
7×73:31.953:35.902:37.412:46.16
3×3 blindfolded22.8527.0530.6640.31
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves30.0043 moves
3×3 one-handed16.4123.0513.6418.43
Clock11.6614.417.587.86
Megaminx39.1247.771:40.161:56.10
Pyraminx2.574.113.936.96
Skewb3.165.452.926.02
Square-122.0128.9419.5725.05
4×4 blindfolded2:42.684:02.765:40.81
5×5 blindfolded6:55.6417:42.00
3×3 Multi-Blind37 of 41 cubes · 59:3032 of 33 cubes · 57:19

Year by year

every meeting, 147 rounds in all
20152025busiest year: 41 meetings2015: 112016: 412017: 192018: 202019: 82022: 62023: 212024: 92025: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundThomas PattersonSteven Kearnsahead
2025Corby Autumn 20252×2First round4.165.29Thomas Patterson
2025Corby Autumn 20252×2Second round3.236.03Thomas Patterson
2025Corby Autumn 20253×3Second round8.389.89Thomas Patterson
2025Corby Autumn 20253×3First round10.2511.11Thomas Patterson
2025Corby Autumn 20253×3Final9.439.79Thomas Patterson
2025Corby Autumn 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round24.931:25.13Thomas Patterson
2025Corby Autumn 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal24.58Thomas Patterson
2025Corby Autumn 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal28 of 33 cubes · 48:05Thomas Patterson
2025Corby Autumn 20253×3 one-handedFinal23.3918.43Steven Kearns
2025Corby Autumn 20254×4First round42.0137.57Steven Kearns
2025Corby Autumn 20254×4Final39.4436.05Steven Kearns
2025Corby Autumn 20255×5Final1:16.111:01.85Steven Kearns
2024Rubik's UK Championship 20242×2First round4.443.50Steven Kearns
2024Rubik's UK Championship 20243×3First round9.569.67Thomas Patterson

Full careers: Thomas Patterson · Steven Kearns. 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.