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Benjamin Gottschalk vs Sameer Aggarwal

Two careers, 865 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 Sameer Aggarwal (United States) have met in 865 rounds across 74 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Sameer Aggarwal leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 646 finishes in front to 214 and 5 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Sameer Aggarwal holds the faster single in 15, Benjamin Gottschalk in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverageSameer Aggarwal singleaverage
3×35.448.024.135.56
2×21.052.530.511.45
4×428.8932.5022.6026.19
5×553.9459.9545.2151.08
6×61:41.291:56.891:24.661:30.43
7×72:59.573:14.432:18.992:30.84
3×3 blindfolded1:33.431:55.3234.661:05.63
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.3321 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed11.4115.397.7610.82
Clock5.226.352.994.34
Megaminx42.0546.7939.7446.64
Pyraminx1.953.661.352.35
Skewb1.733.881.463.34
Square-14.146.113.424.63
4×4 blindfolded12:20.006:19.748:58.25
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 26:528 of 8 cubes · 55:57

Year by year

every meeting, 865 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 197 meetings2017: 532018: 1432019: 1972020: 452021: 342022: 1452023: 1302024: 672025: 432026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin GottschalkSameer Aggarwalahead
2026Northwest Championship 20263×3Semi Final8.746.00Sameer Aggarwal
2026Northwest Championship 20263×3Second round9.886.14Sameer Aggarwal
2026Northwest Championship 20263×3First round8.946.51Sameer Aggarwal
2026Northwest Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round18.3610.93Sameer Aggarwal
2026Northwest Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round4.863.96Benjamin Gottschalk
2026Northwest Championship 2026Square-1Final8.295.17Sameer Aggarwal
2026Northwest Championship 2026Square-1First round7.375.37Sameer Aggarwal
2026Northwest Championship 2026Square-1Second round7.445.12Sameer Aggarwal
2025Oregon Championship 2025Square-1First round6.796.41Sameer Aggarwal
2025Oregon Championship 2025Square-1Final9.025.08Sameer Aggarwal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.462.39Sameer Aggarwal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.187.09Sameer Aggarwal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round7.636.12Sameer Aggarwal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round7.255.72Sameer Aggarwal

Full careers: Benjamin Gottschalk · Sameer Aggarwal. 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.