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Cale Schoon vs Luke Van Laningham

Two careers, 66 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 Luke Van Laningham (United States) have met in 66 rounds across 5 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Luke Van Laningham leads Cale Schoon: 40 finishes in front to 25 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Luke Van Laningham holds the faster single in 9, Cale Schoon in 8.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCale Schoon singleaverageLuke Van Laningham singleaverage
3×36.627.946.156.89
2×21.012.310.811.36
4×430.7235.2428.5533.25
5×51:03.271:09.4059.841:06.71
6×62:03.862:13.402:05.802:07.37
7×73:28.893:37.963:34.173:50.56
3×3 blindfolded23.9931.8255.641:06.97
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.6722 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed12.6916.078.0812.99
Clock6.607.246.007.61
Megaminx1:01.921:10.8248.8259.62
Pyraminx2.794.341.181.88
Skewb1.412.531.282.20
Square-17.499.709.9612.18
4×4 blindfolded1:50.302:02.616:51.26
5×5 blindfolded3:52.325:00.6317:27.00
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 34 cubes · 57:5312 of 12 cubes · 57:29

Year by year

every meeting, 66 rounds in all
20172023busiest year: 25 meetings2017: 122018: 152019: 252023: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCale SchoonLuke Van Laninghamahead
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20232×2Second round3.021.52Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20232×2First round3.371.75Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3Second round9.028.66Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3First round9.378.88Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst roundtie
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal26.0039 movesCale Schoon
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 one-handedFirst round19.7415.12Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20234×4First round40.5735.35Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20235×5First round1:22.411:08.30Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023PyraminxFirst round5.942.09Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023SkewbSecond round3.492.38Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023SkewbFirst round4.092.73Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023SkewbFinal3.912.99Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023Square-1First round12.7818.09Cale Schoon

Full careers: Cale Schoon · Luke Van Laningham. 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.