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Ben Baron vs Noah Kraft

Two careers, 93 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 Noah Kraft (Germany) have met in 93 rounds across 6 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ben Baron leads Noah Kraft: 67 finishes in front to 26.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ben Baron holds the faster single in 14, Noah Kraft in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBen Baron singleaverageNoah Kraft singleaverage
3×34.525.886.437.97
2×20.731.390.821.61
4×421.7625.8928.5933.52
5×543.1348.8258.661:02.41
6×61:25.491:32.201:52.242:01.84
7×72:11.662:23.523:00.463:10.45
3×3 blindfolded14.8518.0516.3719.58
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves22.6719 moves22.00
3×3 one-handed7.299.299.2812.90
Clock3.374.416.017.38
Megaminx34.5337.2956.191:06.80
Pyraminx1.402.202.063.51
Skewb1.332.411.473.03
Square-15.638.7310.1114.34
4×4 blindfolded2:09.923:39.352:00.732:15.56
5×5 blindfolded5:59.245:06.055:40.30
3×3 Multi-Blind31 of 35 cubes · 57:2420 of 20 cubes · 55:21

Year by year

every meeting, 93 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 21 meetings2018: 172022: 162024: 192025: 212026: 20

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBen BaronNoah Kraftahead
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20262×2First round1.761.76Noah Kraft
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20262×2Second round2.101.94Noah Kraft
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3First round6.578.45Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3Second round6.418.83Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round17.7220.29Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round17.1620.19Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.0022.33Noah Kraft
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round11.8515.74Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20264×4First round29.7037.59Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:18.622:21.36Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20265×5First round52.141:08.32Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal6:28.175:09.24Noah Kraft
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20266×6First round1:35.862:11.33Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20267×7First round2:33.803:51.87Ben Baron

Full careers: Ben Baron · Noah Kraft. 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.