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Benjamin Gottschalk vs Zayd Chaudhry

Two careers, 56 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 Zayd Chaudhry (Australia) have met in 56 rounds across 6 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Benjamin Gottschalk leads Zayd Chaudhry: 32 finishes in front to 22 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Zayd Chaudhry holds the faster single in 11, Benjamin Gottschalk in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverageZayd Chaudhry singleaverage
3×35.448.026.337.78
2×21.052.530.752.00
4×428.8932.5027.5032.28
5×553.9459.9553.5059.83
6×61:41.291:56.891:35.331:45.48
7×72:59.573:14.432:29.532:45.35
3×3 blindfolded1:33.431:55.3230.1454.62
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.3325 moves29.00
3×3 one-handed11.4115.3910.8113.89
Clock5.226.352.343.61
Megaminx42.0546.7942.2551.49
Pyraminx1.953.661.122.55
Skewb1.733.882.264.31
Square-14.146.115.207.93
4×4 blindfolded12:20.003:10.51
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 26:5215 of 15 cubes · 57:17

Year by year

every meeting, 56 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 20 meetings2019: 42023: 152024: 172025: 20

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBenjamin GottschalkZayd Chaudhryahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.462.23Zayd Chaudhry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.189.10Zayd Chaudhry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round52.63Zayd Chaudhry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round16.6618.57Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round36.5035.70Zayd Chaudhry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:08.122:06.15Zayd Chaudhry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:15.913:22.45Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round8.765.85Zayd Chaudhry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round51.5251.96Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.923.76Zayd Chaudhry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round6.515.06Zayd Chaudhry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round7.638.80Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round7.258.48Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3First round9.6410.69Benjamin Gottschalk

Full careers: Benjamin Gottschalk · Zayd Chaudhry. 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.