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Antoine Cantin vs Benjamin Gottschalk

Two careers, 56 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.

Antoine Cantin (Canada) and Benjamin Gottschalk (United States) have met in 56 rounds across 5 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Antoine Cantin leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 46 finishes in front to 9 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Antoine Cantin holds the faster single in 8, Benjamin Gottschalk in 8.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventAntoine Cantin singleaverageBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverage
3×35.107.085.448.02
2×20.942.321.052.53
4×426.1232.0228.8932.50
5×51:00.791:04.5253.9459.95
6×61:59.172:01.741:41.291:56.89
7×72:55.933:11.342:59.573:14.43
3×3 blindfolded19.8421.181:33.431:55.32
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves32.0021 moves28.33
3×3 one-handed8.3710.3511.4115.39
Clock6.397.455.226.35
Megaminx46.6656.7742.0546.79
Pyraminx2.073.221.953.66
Skewb2.333.811.733.88
Square-19.7512.384.146.11
4×4 blindfolded8:10.4412:20.00
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 11 cubes · 53:513 of 3 cubes · 26:52

Year by year

every meeting, 56 rounds in all
20162023busiest year: 21 meetings2016: 212017: 152019: 122023: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundAntoine CantinBenjamin Gottschalkahead
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round3.133.77Antoine Cantin
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round8.229.83Antoine Cantin
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round10.839.93Benjamin Gottschalk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst roundtie
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal36.0029.00Benjamin Gottschalk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round11.3819.18Antoine Cantin
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round37.4739.61Antoine Cantin
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5First round1:14.391:09.75Benjamin Gottschalk
2019WCA World Championship 20192×2Second round5.013.94Benjamin Gottschalk
2019WCA World Championship 20192×2First round3.384.30Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round7.589.48Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Second round8.899.59Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.69Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 Fewest MovesFinal36.0032 movesAntoine Cantin

Full careers: Antoine Cantin · Benjamin Gottschalk. 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.