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Xavier Ye vs Gabriel Gowman

Two careers, 506 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 506 rounds across 46 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Xavier Ye leads Gabriel Gowman: 258 finishes in front to 248.

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
4×427.0531.9129.5732.42
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-handed12.7814.7110.7315.37
Clock3.163.914.025.52
Megaminx42.1245.4547.3454.14
Pyraminx1.341.981.311.89
Skewb1.602.981.692.76
Square-15.618.138.8113.05
4×4 blindfolded21:12.00—9:06.43—
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 35:31—10 of 13 cubes · 55:04—

Year by year

every meeting, 506 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 165 meetings2022: 372023: 692024: 1362025: 1652026: 99

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundXavier YeGabriel Gowmanahead
2026Beaver Falls Open 20262×2First round2.412.98Xavier Ye
2026Beaver Falls Open 20262×2Final1.833.56Xavier Ye
2026Beaver Falls Open 20263×3Second round9.089.28Xavier Ye
2026Beaver Falls Open 20263×3First round9.509.22Gabriel Gowman
2026Beaver Falls Open 20263×3Final10.149.53Gabriel Gowman
2026Beaver Falls Open 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal1:46.531:25.01Gabriel Gowman
2026Beaver Falls Open 20263×3 one-handedFinal17.9118.69Xavier Ye
2026Beaver Falls Open 20263×3 one-handedFirst round20.2615.37Gabriel Gowman
2026Beaver Falls Open 20264×4Final36.2737.57Xavier Ye
2026Beaver Falls Open 2026Square-1Final9.3421.88Xavier Ye
2026Ohio Championship 20262×2Second round1.542.51Xavier Ye
2026Ohio Championship 20262×2First round1.642.90Xavier Ye
2026Ohio Championship 20262×2Final2.453.42Xavier Ye
2026Ohio Championship 20263×3First round9.448.26Gabriel Gowman

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.