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Koleman Howe vs Ben Van Oosten

Two careers, 53 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.

Koleman Howe (Brazil) and Ben Van Oosten (Brazil) have met in 53 rounds across 9 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Koleman Howe leads Ben Van Oosten: 29 finishes in front to 22 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 7 shared events, Koleman Howe holds the faster single in 3, Ben Van Oosten in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKoleman Howe singleaverageBen Van Oosten singleaverage
3×317.5120.6917.4019.38
2×22.884.442.885.34
4×41:39.58—2:01.122:07.43
3×3 one-handed1:21.381:46.1541.7752.77
Clock8.1810.3913.6516.07
Pyraminx3.816.525.757.07
Skewb7.3714.084.716.90

Year by year

every meeting, 53 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 27 meetings2023: 32024: 62025: 272026: 17

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKoleman HoweBen Van Oostenahead
2026LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 20262×2First round6.126.61Koleman Howe
2026LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 20262×2Second round6.516.65Koleman Howe
2026LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 20263×3Second round20.7623.24Koleman Howe
2026LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 20263×3First round24.0021.31Ben Van Oosten
2026LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 2026ClockFinal10.3916.07Koleman Howe
2026LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 2026PyraminxFirst round7.039.14Koleman Howe
2026LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 2026PyraminxFinal7.2913.67Koleman Howe
2026LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 2026SkewbFinal14.088.34Ben Van Oosten
2026Speedsolving X Pucallpa 20262×2Second round4.976.15Koleman Howe
2026Speedsolving X Pucallpa 20262×2First round6.175.83Ben Van Oosten
2026Speedsolving X Pucallpa 20263×3Second round21.5719.38Ben Van Oosten
2026Speedsolving X Pucallpa 20263×3First round20.6921.34Koleman Howe
2026Speedsolving X Pucallpa 2026ClockFinal11.5316.72Koleman Howe
2026Speedsolving X Pucallpa 2026PyraminxFirst round7.409.81Koleman Howe

Full careers: Koleman Howe · Ben Van Oosten. 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.