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Cornelius Dieckmann vs Ben Whitmore

Two careers, 77 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.

Cornelius Dieckmann (Germany) and Ben Whitmore (United Kingdom) have met in 77 rounds across 7 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Cornelius Dieckmann leads Ben Whitmore: 65 finishes in front to 12.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Cornelius Dieckmann holds the faster single in 11, Ben Whitmore in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCornelius Dieckmann singleaverageBen Whitmore singleaverage
3×34.777.027.019.09
2×20.842.330.752.23
4×428.7233.6031.8136.08
5×551.791:01.9558.381:05.32
6×62:20.072:30.232:32.132:43.14
7×73:32.413:46.683:35.253:50.27
3×3 blindfolded45.841:08.151:40.361:59.62
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.0023 moves29.33
3×3 one-handed9.4311.5613.7617.30
Clock11.1319.1810.8412.27
Megaminx1:28.191:35.9453.121:03.11
Pyraminx3.966.462.356.21
Skewb15.9624.544.917.24
Square-120.4131.1511.1413.51
4×4 blindfolded9:28.0016:43.0018:40.00
5×5 blindfolded31:49.0045:03.00
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 51:213 of 4 cubes · 32:12

Year by year

every meeting, 77 rounds in all
20142019busiest year: 25 meetings2014: 252015: 162017: 202018: 122019: 4

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCornelius DieckmannBen Whitmoreahead
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Second round8.119.85Cornelius Dieckmann
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round7.7910.10Cornelius Dieckmann
2019WCA World Championship 20194×4First round37.8849.78Cornelius Dieckmann
2019WCA World Championship 20195×5First round1:12.371:17.38Cornelius Dieckmann
2018UK Championship 20182×2First round3.442.48Ben Whitmore
2018UK Championship 20182×2Final3.323.76Cornelius Dieckmann
2018UK Championship 20182×2Semi Final3.332.59Ben Whitmore
2018UK Championship 20182×2Second round4.023.46Ben Whitmore
2018UK Championship 20183×3First round8.619.69Cornelius Dieckmann
2018UK Championship 20183×3Final7.999.60Cornelius Dieckmann
2018UK Championship 20183×3Semi Final8.029.45Cornelius Dieckmann
2018UK Championship 20183×3Second round7.5010.28Cornelius Dieckmann
2018UK Championship 20184×4Second round37.4549.92Cornelius Dieckmann
2018UK Championship 20184×4First round40.1346.87Cornelius Dieckmann

Full careers: Cornelius Dieckmann · Ben Whitmore. 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.