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Benjamin Gottschalk vs Daniel Gutierrez

Two careers, 85 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 Daniel Gutierrez (United States) have met in 85 rounds across 7 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Gutierrez leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 57 finishes in front to 28.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Benjamin Gottschalk holds the faster single in 7, Daniel Gutierrez in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverageDaniel Gutierrez singleaverage
3×35.448.024.996.59
2×21.052.530.932.01
4×428.8932.5024.1430.75
5×553.9459.9550.171:00.64
6×61:41.291:56.891:55.132:15.61
7×72:59.573:14.433:43.573:56.72
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.3329 moves35.33
3×3 one-handed11.4115.398.9611.38
Clock5.226.356.677.74
Megaminx42.0546.7941.5545.63
Pyraminx1.953.661.973.15
Skewb1.733.882.394.80
Square-14.146.119.7216.94

Year by year

every meeting, 85 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 22 meetings2018: 112019: 142022: 222023: 152024: 142026: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin GottschalkDaniel Gutierrezahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round4.492.48Daniel Gutierrez
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.077.36Daniel Gutierrez
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round9.298.79Daniel Gutierrez
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round16.6811.38Daniel Gutierrez
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round36.7930.75Daniel Gutierrez
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:08.511:03.07Daniel Gutierrez
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round56.0048.25Daniel Gutierrez
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round4.584.72Benjamin Gottschalk
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round5.2410.29Benjamin Gottschalk
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round3.952.42Daniel Gutierrez
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2First round3.732.83Daniel Gutierrez
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round9.797.99Daniel Gutierrez
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round9.017.49Daniel Gutierrez
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round18.3112.15Daniel Gutierrez

Full careers: Benjamin Gottschalk · Daniel Gutierrez. 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.