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Benjamin Gottschalk vs Alwin Rölz

Two careers, 64 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.

Benjamin Gottschalk (United States) and Alwin Rölz (Switzerland) have met in 64 rounds across 5 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Alwin Rölz leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 40 finishes in front to 22 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Alwin Rölz holds the faster single in 13, Benjamin Gottschalk in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverageAlwin Rölz singleaverage
3×35.448.024.726.31
2×21.052.530.591.51
4×428.8932.5020.9624.00
5×553.9459.9540.0746.22
6×61:41.291:56.891:17.721:19.85
7×72:59.573:14.431:56.172:07.96
3×3 blindfolded1:33.431:55.3240.0155.74
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.3326 moves29.67
3×3 one-handed11.4115.397.9810.42
Clock5.226.353.264.09
Megaminx42.0546.7938.3742.95
Pyraminx1.953.661.051.90
Skewb1.733.881.262.48
Square-14.146.115.899.86
4×4 blindfolded12:20.0013:05.00
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 26:523 of 3 cubes · 17:06

Year by year

every meeting, 64 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 31 meetings2017: 312023: 162025: 17

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin GottschalkAlwin Rölzahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.466.52Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.187.49Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst roundtie
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round16.6612.27Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round36.5026.73Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:02.1049.25Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:08.121:37.85Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:15.912:27.53Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round8.764.73Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round51.5246.89Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.922.68Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round6.515.04Alwin Rölz
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round7.6312.62Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3First round9.648.32Alwin Rölz

Full careers: Benjamin Gottschalk · Alwin Rölz. 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.