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Cale Schoon vs Benjamin Gottschalk

Two careers, 111 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.

Cale Schoon (United States) and Benjamin Gottschalk (United States) have met in 111 rounds across 10 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Benjamin Gottschalk leads Cale Schoon: 64 finishes in front to 47.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Benjamin Gottschalk holds the faster single in 10, Cale Schoon in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCale Schoon singleaverageBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverage
3×36.627.945.448.02
2×21.012.311.052.53
4×430.7235.2428.8932.50
5×51:03.271:09.4053.9459.95
6×62:03.862:13.401:41.291:56.89
7×73:28.893:37.962:59.573:14.43
3×3 blindfolded23.9931.821:33.431:55.32
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.6721 moves28.33
3×3 one-handed12.6916.0711.4115.39
Clock6.607.245.226.35
Megaminx1:01.921:10.8242.0546.79
Pyraminx2.794.341.953.66
Skewb1.412.531.733.88
Square-17.499.704.146.11
4×4 blindfolded1:50.302:02.6112:20.00
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 34 cubes · 57:533 of 3 cubes · 26:52

Year by year

every meeting, 111 rounds in all
20162025busiest year: 19 meetings2016: 62017: 122018: 182019: 192022: 122023: 152024: 162025: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCale SchoonBenjamin Gottschalkahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.793.46Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.7110.18Cale Schoon
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round42.15Cale Schoon
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round18.5116.66Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round38.4836.50Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:09.401:02.10Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:33.832:08.12Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round8.698.76Cale Schoon
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round1:10.9051.52Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round4.343.92Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round3.686.51Cale Schoon
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round12.027.25Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round10.227.63Benjamin Gottschalk
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round3.223.95Cale Schoon

Full careers: Cale Schoon · Benjamin Gottschalk. 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.