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Benjamin Gottschalk vs Lim Hung (林弘)

Two careers, 43 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 Lim Hung (林弘) (Malaysia) have met in 43 rounds across 3 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Lim Hung (林弘) leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 24 finishes in front to 19.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Lim Hung (林弘) holds the faster single in 12, Benjamin Gottschalk in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverageLim Hung (林弘) singleaverage
3×35.448.024.326.56
2×21.052.531.072.31
4×428.8932.5020.4124.09
5×553.9459.9533.8238.12
6×61:41.291:56.891:02.161:04.94
7×72:59.573:14.431:32.921:40.65
3×3 blindfolded1:33.431:55.3238.331:15.39
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.3327 moves34.33
3×3 one-handed11.4115.398.5011.61
Clock5.226.353.875.24
Megaminx42.0546.7935.8943.56
Pyraminx1.953.662.344.41
Skewb1.733.881.223.57
Square-14.146.115.438.45
4×4 blindfolded12:20.003:28.024:09.83
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 26:524 of 4 cubes · 10:44

Year by year

every meeting, 43 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 16 meetings2019: 152023: 162025: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin GottschalkLim Hung (林弘)ahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.463.04Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.187.74Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round16.6614.17Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round36.5027.63Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:02.1045.30Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:08.121:16.51Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:15.911:51.66Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round8.767.22Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round51.5253.14Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.926.12Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round6.514.77Lim Hung (林弘)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round7.6313.14Benjamin Gottschalk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round3.773.16Lim Hung (林弘)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round9.837.78Lim Hung (林弘)

Full careers: Benjamin Gottschalk · Lim Hung (林弘). 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.