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Benjamin Gottschalk vs Hassan Khanani

Two careers, 211 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 Hassan Khanani (United States) have met in 211 rounds across 14 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Hassan Khanani leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 132 finishes in front to 79.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Hassan Khanani holds the faster single in 14, Benjamin Gottschalk in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverageHassan Khanani singleaverage
3×35.448.025.177.25
2×21.052.530.691.27
4×428.8932.5027.0633.10
5×553.9459.9550.0757.17
6×61:41.291:56.891:39.871:50.23
7×72:59.573:14.432:48.872:58.80
3×3 blindfolded1:33.431:55.3227.4440.77
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.3324 moves29.33
3×3 one-handed11.4115.398.3610.94
Clock5.226.354.525.56
Megaminx42.0546.7945.0950.60
Pyraminx1.953.661.422.89
Skewb1.733.881.463.61
Square-14.146.113.404.69
4×4 blindfolded12:20.003:27.886:32.33
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 26:5213 of 14 cubes · 52:23

Year by year

every meeting, 211 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 64 meetings2019: 232021: 452022: 642023: 332024: 182025: 162026: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin GottschalkHassan Khananiahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round4.491.46Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.079.03Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round9.2910.03Benjamin Gottschalk
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round16.6812.41Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round36.7938.13Benjamin Gottschalk
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:08.5159.10Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round56.0057.78Benjamin Gottschalk
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round4.585.17Benjamin Gottschalk
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round5.244.73Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Final8.166.21Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Second round6.865.59Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round6.835.58Hassan Khanani
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 2025Square-1Final8.715.26Hassan Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.462.22Hassan Khanani

Full careers: Benjamin Gottschalk · Hassan Khanani. 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.