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Gaurav Taneja vs Dharmesh Shahu

Two careers, 203 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.

Gaurav Taneja (India) and Dharmesh Shahu (India) have met in 203 rounds across 21 competitions since 2011. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dharmesh Shahu leads Gaurav Taneja: 148 finishes in front to 54 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 8 shared events, Gaurav Taneja holds the faster single in 4, Dharmesh Shahu in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventGaurav Taneja singleaverageDharmesh Shahu singleaverage
3×310.8212.668.249.32
2×21.163.172.664.27
4×440.1043.9640.1843.88
5×51:22.901:31.031:48.301:59.50
3×3 blindfolded2:17.542:53.331:26.312:00.90
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves39.6734 moves40.00
3×3 one-handed20.6226.5214.0015.71
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 57:596 of 7 cubes · 49:19

Year by year

every meeting, 203 rounds in all
20112016busiest year: 79 meetings2011: 92012: 222013: 632014: 792015: 282016: 2

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundGaurav TanejaDharmesh Shahuahead
2016SCMU ICT Open 20164×4First round50.6352.71Gaurav Taneja
2016SCMU ICT Open 20164×4Final52.9152.95Gaurav Taneja
2015SP Open 20152×2First round5.294.70Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20152×2Final4.955.76Gaurav Taneja
2015SP Open 20152×2Second round6.125.30Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20153×3Second round14.419.81Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20153×3First round14.3011.09Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20153×3Final13.7210.06Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20153×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:28.892:13.76Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20153×3 blindfoldedFinal2:17.541:45.37Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20153×3 one-handedFirst round31.7517.15Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20153×3 one-handedFinal26.5216.66Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20153×3 one-handedSecond round27.1118.48Dharmesh Shahu
2015SP Open 20154×4First round47.7147.75Gaurav Taneja

Full careers: Gaurav Taneja · Dharmesh Shahu. 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.