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Louis de Mendonça vs Knut Skaug Haraldsen

Two careers, 42 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.

Louis de Mendonça (United Kingdom) and Knut Skaug Haraldsen (Norway) have met in 42 rounds across 6 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Knut Skaug Haraldsen leads Louis de Mendonça: 31 finishes in front to 11.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Knut Skaug Haraldsen holds the faster single in 13, Louis de Mendonça in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLouis de Mendonça singleaverageKnut Skaug Haraldsen singleaverage
3×36.718.094.806.81
2×21.702.640.931.84
4×431.5136.6126.1130.41
5×51:18.081:24.1350.821:01.57
6×64:04.274:45.171:44.981:51.54
3×3 blindfolded52.501:30.1952.171:17.58
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves25 moves29.00
3×3 one-handed7.159.897.2710.01
Clock6.647.588.809.75
Megaminx1:46.791:51.9952.971:02.25
Pyraminx5.749.871.934.38
Skewb4.576.941.543.87
Square-137.1645.7912.6517.05
4×4 blindfolded6:15.536:52.458:12.70
5×5 blindfolded18:08.0015:26.00
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 41:3912 of 13 cubes · 57:41

Year by year

every meeting, 42 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 21 meetings2022: 212023: 62024: 72025: 22026: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLouis de MendonçaKnut Skaug Haraldsenahead
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3First round9.108.33Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3Second round8.099.57Louis de Mendonça
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:12.221:15.29Louis de Mendonça
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.2011.26Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round14.2910.82Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20264×4First round38.2132.65Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round11.1011.17Louis de Mendonça
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round10.8912.70Louis de Mendonça
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20242×2First round3.784.49Louis de Mendonça
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3First round9.757.52Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3Second round8.667.24Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3Semi Final9.489.01Knut Skaug Haraldsen
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round55.032:12.09Louis de Mendonça
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round13.5811.95Knut Skaug Haraldsen

Full careers: Louis de Mendonça · Knut Skaug Haraldsen. 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.