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Ben Baron vs Max Siauw

Two careers, 67 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 Max Siauw (United States) have met in 67 rounds across 4 competitions since 2021. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Max Siauw leads Ben Baron: 50 finishes in front to 17.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ben Baron holds the faster single in 11, Max Siauw in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBen Baron singleaverageMax Siauw singleaverage
3×34.525.883.705.49
2×20.731.390.831.44
4×421.7625.8920.7223.98
5×543.1348.8241.5245.49
6×61:25.491:32.201:14.571:22.60
7×72:11.662:23.522:02.572:06.76
3×3 blindfolded14.8518.0520.2028.88
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves22.6726 moves29.33
3×3 one-handed7.299.297.5811.00
Clock3.374.414.086.22
Megaminx34.5337.2934.8341.81
Pyraminx1.402.201.692.90
Skewb1.332.411.963.34
Square-15.638.733.694.91
4×4 blindfolded2:09.923:39.353:17.123:51.27
5×5 blindfolded5:59.249:41.4914:27.00
3×3 Multi-Blind31 of 35 cubes · 57:2413 of 13 cubes · 48:50

Year by year

every meeting, 67 rounds in all
20212025busiest year: 21 meetings2021: 202022: 192023: 212025: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBen BaronMax Siauwahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.396.74Max Siauw
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round21.0022.35Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.6831.19Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:41.721:31.91Max Siauw
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round5.805.64Max Siauw
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round10.746.17Max Siauw
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round10.646.50Max Siauw
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round3.152.12Max Siauw
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2Second round1.741.77Ben Baron
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round7.356.95Max Siauw
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round7.706.64Max Siauw
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Semi Final6.747.95Ben Baron
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round48.56Max Siauw
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round12.5912.21Max Siauw

Full careers: Ben Baron · Max Siauw. 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.