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Benjamin Gottschalk vs Jinseo Hong

Two careers, 51 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 Jinseo Hong (Republic of Korea) have met in 51 rounds across 3 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jinseo Hong leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 36 finishes in front to 15.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverageJinseo Hong singleaverage
3×35.448.026.037.43
2×21.052.531.322.62
4×428.8932.5021.8527.41
5×553.9459.9543.2648.72
6×61:41.291:56.891:25.071:33.31
7×72:59.573:14.432:35.362:48.90
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.3336 moves43.33
3×3 one-handed11.4115.3910.9012.26
Clock5.226.356.628.85
Megaminx42.0546.7951.0957.39
Pyraminx1.953.661.502.36
Skewb1.733.881.793.65
Square-14.146.118.8413.03

Year by year

every meeting, 51 rounds in all
20222023busiest year: 30 meetings2022: 212023: 30

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin GottschalkJinseo Hongahead
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round3.774.11Benjamin Gottschalk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round9.838.46Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round9.937.80Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round19.1813.92Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round39.6129.00Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5First round1:09.7550.92Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20236×6First round2:18.251:44.42Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20237×7First round4:01.173:07.12Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023ClockFirst round9.999.77Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023MegaminxFirst round53.641:06.15Benjamin Gottschalk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023PyraminxFirst round4.253.29Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023SkewbFirst round6.144.99Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023Square-1First round7.7116.59Benjamin Gottschalk
2023Sleepless in Seattle 20232×2First round2.532.90Benjamin Gottschalk

Full careers: Benjamin Gottschalk · Jinseo Hong. 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.