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Henri Gerber vs Benjamin Gottschalk

Two careers, 45 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.

Henri Gerber (Germany) and Benjamin Gottschalk (United States) have met in 45 rounds across 3 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Henri Gerber leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 34 finishes in front to 11.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Henri Gerber holds the faster single in 13, Benjamin Gottschalk in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventHenri Gerber singleaverageBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverage
3×34.986.565.448.02
2×20.981.721.052.53
4×422.7227.8628.8932.50
5×547.4651.6453.9459.95
6×61:28.881:37.581:41.291:56.89
7×72:17.282:26.772:59.573:14.43
3×3 blindfolded28.2037.001:33.431:55.32
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves32.3321 moves28.33
3×3 one-handed7.0110.9311.4115.39
Clock4.686.005.226.35
Megaminx27.5433.3842.0546.79
Pyraminx2.073.061.953.66
Skewb1.542.721.733.88
Square-16.339.154.146.11
4×4 blindfolded3:51.324:41.0912:20.00
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 14 cubes · 55:093 of 3 cubes · 26:52

Year by year

every meeting, 45 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 17 meetings2017: 142019: 172025: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundHenri GerberBenjamin Gottschalkahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.723.46Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.7210.18Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round48.54Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.2716.66Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round31.5236.50Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round56.831:02.10Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:54.562:08.12Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:36.313:15.91Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round9.248.76Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round37.1751.52Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.623.92Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round3.306.51Henri Gerber
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round10.947.63Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round12.317.25Benjamin Gottschalk

Full careers: Henri Gerber · 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.