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Ben Baron vs Knut Skaug Haraldsen

Two careers, 106 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.

Ben Baron (Israel) and Knut Skaug Haraldsen (Norway) have met in 106 rounds across 8 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ben Baron leads Knut Skaug Haraldsen: 74 finishes in front to 28 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ben Baron holds the faster single in 16, Knut Skaug Haraldsen in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBen Baron singleaverageKnut Skaug Haraldsen singleaverage
3×34.525.884.806.81
2×20.731.390.931.84
4×421.7625.8926.1130.41
5×543.1348.8250.821:01.57
6×61:25.491:32.201:44.981:51.54
7×72:11.662:23.522:48.862:54.61
3×3 blindfolded14.8518.0552.171:17.58
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves22.6725 moves29.00
3×3 one-handed7.299.297.2710.01
Clock3.374.418.809.75
Megaminx34.5337.2952.971:02.25
Pyraminx1.402.201.934.38
Skewb1.332.411.543.87
Square-15.638.7312.6517.05
4×4 blindfolded2:09.923:39.356:52.458:12.70
5×5 blindfolded5:59.2415:26.00
3×3 Multi-Blind31 of 35 cubes · 57:2412 of 13 cubes · 57:41

Year by year

every meeting, 106 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 23 meetings2018: 202019: 232022: 132023: 132024: 162025: 92026: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBen BaronKnut Skaug Haraldsenahead
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20262×2First round1.762.69Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3First round6.578.33Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3Second round6.419.57Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round17.161:15.29Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 one-handedFinal9.4111.40Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round10.9110.82Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round11.8511.26Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20264×4First round29.7032.65Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20265×5First round52.141:05.57Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20266×6First round1:35.862:04.68Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20267×7First round2:33.802:57.30Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round43.171:07.84Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.133.18Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.398.16Ben Baron

Full careers: Ben Baron · Knut Skaug Haraldsen. 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.