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Jakob Gunnarsson vs Ben Baron

Two careers, 63 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.

Jakob Gunnarsson (Sweden) and Ben Baron (Israel) have met in 63 rounds across 3 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jakob Gunnarsson leads Ben Baron: 40 finishes in front to 22 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ben Baron holds the faster single in 17, Jakob Gunnarsson in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJakob Gunnarsson singleaverageBen Baron singleaverage
3×35.416.514.525.88
2×20.741.620.731.39
4×426.4229.4821.7625.89
5×547.0853.8143.1348.82
6×61:27.571:35.471:25.491:32.20
7×72:31.692:37.312:11.662:23.52
3×3 blindfolded15.9117.6714.8518.05
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves27.6721 moves22.67
3×3 one-handed7.7411.327.299.29
Clock6.297.893.374.41
Megaminx35.5841.5134.5337.29
Pyraminx2.003.231.402.20
Skewb1.523.131.332.41
Square-17.079.425.638.73
4×4 blindfolded4:43.452:09.923:39.35
5×5 blindfolded13:13.005:59.24
3×3 Multi-Blind16 of 18 cubes · 56:1431 of 35 cubes · 57:24

Year by year

every meeting, 63 rounds in all
20182022busiest year: 21 meetings2018: 212019: 212022: 21

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJakob GunnarssonBen Baronahead
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3Semi Final8.578.00Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3First round8.328.21Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3Second round8.787.85Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedFirst round30.1234.29Jakob Gunnarsson
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedFinal28.06Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedSecond round17.0631.83Jakob Gunnarsson
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 one-handedFirst round13.4611.87Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 one-handedSecond round12.0314.11Jakob Gunnarsson
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20224×4First round36.2631.12Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20224×4Second round34.5931.96Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20225×5First round1:03.8657.27Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20225×5Second round1:00.821:00.09Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20226×6First round2:06.061:50.98Ben Baron
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20227×7First round3:03.502:54.15Ben Baron

Full careers: Jakob Gunnarsson · 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.