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Daniel Goodman vs Luke Van Laningham

Two careers, 60 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.

Daniel Goodman (United States) and Luke Van Laningham (United States) have met in 60 rounds across 4 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Luke Van Laningham leads Daniel Goodman: 36 finishes in front to 24.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Luke Van Laningham holds the faster single in 10, Daniel Goodman in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Goodman singleaverageLuke Van Laningham singleaverage
3×36.748.286.156.89
2×21.142.610.811.36
4×430.1835.2928.5533.25
5×51:00.721:09.8059.841:06.71
6×62:01.092:06.492:05.802:07.37
7×73:08.503:24.573:34.173:50.56
3×3 blindfolded45.191:05.9055.641:06.97
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.6722 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed12.1116.958.0812.99
Clock7.189.026.007.61
Megaminx38.9243.7148.8259.62
Pyraminx1.342.091.181.88
Skewb2.284.691.282.20
Square-19.8713.919.9612.18
4×4 blindfolded4:24.617:56.816:51.26
5×5 blindfolded11:58.0015:35.0017:27.00
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 16 cubes · 58:3712 of 12 cubes · 57:29

Year by year

every meeting, 60 rounds in all
20172023busiest year: 19 meetings2017: 122018: 142019: 192023: 15

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel GoodmanLuke Van Laninghamahead
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20232×2Second round3.141.52Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20232×2First round3.761.75Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3Second round9.858.66Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3First round8.968.88Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:02.90Daniel Goodman
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal31.3339 movesDaniel Goodman
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20233×3 one-handedFirst round19.2715.12Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20234×4First round37.1835.35Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 20235×5First round1:10.811:08.30Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023ClockFirst round9.689.47Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023MegaminxFirst round59.631:03.89Daniel Goodman
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023PyraminxSecond round2.812.51Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023PyraminxFirst round3.632.09Luke Van Laningham
2023CubingUSA Nationals 2023SkewbFirst round5.812.73Luke Van Laningham

Full careers: Daniel Goodman · 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.