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Xavier Ye vs Gabriel Gowman

Two careers, 477 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.

Xavier Ye (United States) and Gabriel Gowman (United States) have met in 477 rounds across 44 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Xavier Ye leads Gabriel Gowman: 241 finishes in front to 236.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Xavier Ye holds the faster single in 8, Gabriel Gowman in 8.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventXavier Ye singleaverageGabriel Gowman singleaverage
3×36.247.716.368.12
2×20.571.240.741.98
4×427.0531.9129.5733.17
5×559.081:06.6654.541:00.48
6×62:03.492:12.861:53.282:07.72
7×73:38.493:53.193:12.543:27.66
3×3 blindfolded1:43.872:02.3257.761:48.68
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.6728 moves31.33
3×3 one-handed12.7814.7110.7315.46
Clock3.163.914.025.52
Megaminx42.1245.4547.3455.51
Pyraminx1.341.981.311.89
Skewb1.602.981.692.76
Square-15.618.138.8113.05
4×4 blindfolded21:12.009:06.43
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 35:3110 of 13 cubes · 55:04

Year by year

every meeting, 477 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 165 meetings2022: 372023: 692024: 1362025: 1652026: 70

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundXavier YeGabriel Gowmanahead
2026Tartan Twist PA 20263×3First round11.119.01Gabriel Gowman
2026Tartan Twist PA 20263×3Final8.208.79Xavier Ye
2026Tartan Twist PA 20263×3Second round10.728.61Gabriel Gowman
2026Tartan Twist PA 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal2:01.931:31.31Gabriel Gowman
2026Tartan Twist PA 20264×4Final37.1139.34Xavier Ye
2026Tartan Twist PA 20264×4First round40.7637.61Gabriel Gowman
2026Tartan Twist PA 20265×5Final1:14.861:09.84Gabriel Gowman
2026Tartan Twist PA 20265×5First round1:11.281:10.12Gabriel Gowman
2026Tartan Twist PA 2026PyraminxFirst round2.672.91Xavier Ye
2026Tartan Twist PA 2026PyraminxFinal2.592.79Xavier Ye
2026Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 20262×2Second round1.503.45Xavier Ye
2026Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 20262×2Final1.563.65Xavier Ye
2026Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 20262×2First round1.754.14Xavier Ye
2026Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 20263×3First round9.2910.80Xavier Ye

Full careers: Xavier Ye · Gabriel Gowman. 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.