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Daniel Wallin vs Ben Baron

Two careers, 80 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 Wallin (Sweden) and Ben Baron (Israel) have met in 80 rounds across 9 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Wallin leads Ben Baron: 43 finishes in front to 35 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ben Baron holds the faster single in 14, Daniel Wallin in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Wallin singleaverageBen Baron singleaverage
3×35.156.634.525.88
2×20.931.550.731.39
4×423.7828.5221.7625.89
5×552.6359.1143.1348.82
6×61:37.631:46.681:25.491:32.20
7×72:30.492:39.682:11.662:23.52
3×3 blindfolded16.3419.6814.8518.05
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves28.3321 moves22.67
3×3 one-handed8.8413.277.299.29
Clock3.524.503.374.41
Megaminx34.5840.0134.5337.29
Pyraminx1.552.861.402.20
Skewb1.472.901.332.41
Square-17.018.975.638.73
4×4 blindfolded1:12.451:30.792:09.923:39.35
5×5 blindfolded2:58.284:03.985:59.24
3×3 Multi-Blind44 of 44 cubes · 58:3231 of 35 cubes · 57:24

Year by year

every meeting, 80 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 23 meetings2018: 212019: 232022: 62023: 62024: 82025: 92026: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel WallinBen Baronahead
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3First round7.776.57Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3Semi Final7.886.50Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3Second round7.546.41Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round20.4017.72Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round21.3517.16Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:18.62Ben Baron
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal4:05.116:28.17Daniel Wallin
2025FMC under the Mistletoe 20253×3 Fewest MovesFirst round28.6726.00Ben Baron
2025FMC under the Mistletoe 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal37 moves24.00Ben Baron
2025FMC Europe 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal29.0022.67Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.177.39Daniel Wallin
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.8118.68Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round20.5221.00Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal41 of 42 cubes · 1:00:0028 of 37 cubes · 1:00:00Daniel Wallin

Full careers: Daniel Wallin · Ben Baron. 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.