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Benjamin Gottschalk vs Nico Harper (李有為)

Two careers, 100 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 Nico Harper (李有為) (United States) have met in 100 rounds across 7 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Benjamin Gottschalk leads Nico Harper (李有為): 53 finishes in front to 46 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Nico Harper (李有為) holds the faster single in 9, Benjamin Gottschalk in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverageNico Harper (李有為) singleaverage
3×35.448.026.027.77
2×21.052.531.392.30
4×428.8932.5026.1130.62
5×553.9459.9548.9855.70
6×61:41.291:56.891:38.441:51.31
7×72:59.573:14.432:37.392:46.44
3×3 blindfolded1:33.431:55.321:15.09
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.3328 moves37.67
3×3 one-handed11.4115.3910.7812.86
Clock5.226.355.116.42
Megaminx42.0546.7928.6534.89
Pyraminx1.953.662.383.65
Skewb1.733.882.474.69
Square-14.146.114.738.32
4×4 blindfolded12:20.0012:42.00
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 26:526 of 7 cubes · 28:07

Year by year

every meeting, 100 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 27 meetings2018: 102019: 272022: 152023: 192024: 152025: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin GottschalkNico Harper (李有為)ahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.464.00Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.188.34Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst roundtie
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round16.6615.39Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round36.5030.69Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:02.1059.36Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:08.12Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:15.912:54.51Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round8.769.12Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round51.5237.20Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.927.18Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round6.516.57Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round7.259.64Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round7.639.28Benjamin Gottschalk

Full careers: Benjamin Gottschalk · Nico Harper (李有為). 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.