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Calvin Nielson vs Sameer Aggarwal

Two careers, 305 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.

Calvin Nielson (United States) and Sameer Aggarwal (United States) have met in 305 rounds across 26 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Sameer Aggarwal leads Calvin Nielson: 284 finishes in front to 19 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Sameer Aggarwal holds the faster single in 15, Calvin Nielson in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCalvin Nielson singleaverageSameer Aggarwal singleaverage
3×37.419.374.135.56
2×21.022.670.511.45
4×434.6443.5122.6026.19
5×51:11.591:24.0345.2151.08
6×62:28.882:37.291:24.661:30.43
7×73:58.094:14.472:18.992:30.84
3×3 blindfolded1:23.603:12.7134.661:05.63
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves24.3321 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed12.9217.817.7610.82
Clock4.756.402.994.34
Megaminx1:02.111:09.6639.7446.64
Pyraminx2.975.381.352.35
Skewb2.544.711.463.34
Square-14.666.583.424.63
4×4 blindfolded13:19.006:19.748:58.25
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 9:128 of 8 cubes · 55:57

Year by year

every meeting, 305 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 101 meetings2017: 122018: 92019: 302021: 222022: 1012023: 972024: 322025: 2

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCalvin NielsonSameer Aggarwalahead
2025Oregon Championship 2025Square-1First round8.296.41Sameer Aggarwal
2025Oregon Championship 2025Square-1Final8.505.08Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round3.781.82Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2First round3.541.99Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round10.957.41Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round12.207.60Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round19.8411.94Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20244×4First round48.3127.52Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20245×5First round1:27.921:00.71Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20246×6First round2:53.381:42.85Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024ClockFirst round8.506.90Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024MegaminxFirst round1:19.9747.48Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024PyraminxFirst round6.962.67Sameer Aggarwal
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024SkewbFirst round7.146.50Sameer Aggarwal

Full careers: Calvin Nielson · 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.