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Daniel Vædele Egdal vs Benjamin Gottschalk

Two careers, 47 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 Vædele Egdal (Denmark) and Benjamin Gottschalk (United States) have met in 47 rounds across 4 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Vædele Egdal leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 39 finishes in front to 8.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Daniel Vædele Egdal holds the faster single in 15, Benjamin Gottschalk in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Vædele Egdal singleaverageBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverage
3×35.226.895.448.02
2×20.771.501.052.53
4×425.1928.5028.8932.50
5×549.5756.2553.9459.95
6×61:37.531:40.771:41.291:56.89
7×72:30.632:42.572:59.573:14.43
3×3 blindfolded43.7650.911:33.431:55.32
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves22.6721 moves28.33
3×3 one-handed9.2112.0411.4115.39
Clock4.655.905.226.35
Megaminx37.7045.7742.0546.79
Pyraminx1.352.571.953.66
Skewb1.041.991.733.88
Square-16.899.724.146.11
4×4 blindfolded7:08.4812:20.00
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 37:043 of 3 cubes · 26:52

Year by year

every meeting, 47 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 19 meetings2017: 152019: 192025: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel Vædele EgdalBenjamin Gottschalkahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.473.46Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.7810.18Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:09.14Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.1216.66Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.0636.50Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round58.041:02.10Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:05.752:08.12Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:04.333:15.91Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round6.498.76Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round50.7851.52Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.433.92Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round2.406.51Daniel Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round13.277.63Benjamin Gottschalk
2019WCA World Championship 20192×2Second round2.433.94Daniel Vædele Egdal

Full careers: Daniel Vædele Egdal · 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.