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Antoine Cantin vs Kobe Balin

Two careers, 58 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 Kobe Balin (United States) have met in 58 rounds across 5 competitions since 2013. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Antoine Cantin leads Kobe Balin: 55 finishes in front to 3.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Antoine Cantin holds the faster single in 13, Kobe Balin in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventAntoine Cantin singleaverageKobe Balin singleaverage
3×35.107.086.978.62
2×20.942.321.683.16
4×426.1232.0233.9637.15
5×51:00.791:04.521:03.921:10.11
6×61:59.172:01.741:56.092:15.84
7×72:55.933:11.343:16.503:23.16
3×3 blindfolded19.8421.184:30.22
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves32.0033 moves37.67
3×3 one-handed8.3710.3510.6717.27
Clock6.397.458.8512.44
Megaminx46.6656.771:18.421:24.85
Pyraminx2.073.223.916.63
Skewb2.333.811.793.69
Square-19.7512.3816.7527.10
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 11 cubes · 53:512 of 2 cubes · 14:48

Year by year

every meeting, 58 rounds in all
20132019busiest year: 23 meetings2013: 92014: 232016: 172019: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundAntoine CantinKobe Balinahead
2019WCA World Championship 20192×2Second round5.014.48Kobe Balin
2019WCA World Championship 20192×2First round3.384.10Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round7.5811.66Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Second round8.8910.15Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20194×4First round34.2943.34Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20195×5First round1:09.411:28.36Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20196×6First round2:31.853:05.22Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 20197×7First round3:34.95Antoine Cantin
2019WCA World Championship 2019PyraminxFirst round7.3310.14Antoine Cantin
2016US Nationals 20162×2First round4.854.79Kobe Balin
2016US Nationals 20163×3First round9.7113.88Antoine Cantin
2016US Nationals 20163×3 blindfoldedFirst round53.525:24.88Antoine Cantin
2016US Nationals 20163×3 Fewest MovesFinal35.3350 movesAntoine Cantin
2016US Nationals 20163×3 Multi-BlindFinal2 of 2 cubes · 14:48Kobe Balin

Full careers: Antoine Cantin · Kobe Balin. 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.