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Luke Van Laningham vs Ivan Krueger

Two careers, 130 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.

Luke Van Laningham (United States) and Ivan Krueger (United States) have met in 130 rounds across 13 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Luke Van Laningham leads Ivan Krueger: 97 finishes in front to 29 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Luke Van Laningham holds the faster single in 13, Ivan Krueger in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLuke Van Laningham singleaverageIvan Krueger singleaverage
3×36.156.897.579.86
2×20.811.361.673.72
4×428.5533.2533.7241.92
5×559.841:06.711:07.821:11.31
6×62:05.802:07.371:54.612:02.74
7×73:34.173:50.562:59.323:06.45
3×3 blindfolded55.641:06.971:22.441:48.86
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves31.6723 moves31.33
3×3 one-handed8.0812.9912.9023.88
Clock6.007.615.616.89
Megaminx48.8259.621:11.121:18.61
Pyraminx1.181.883.054.80
Skewb1.282.203.125.37
Square-19.9612.1817.6823.19
4×4 blindfolded6:51.267:47.759:55.44
5×5 blindfolded17:27.0014:27.00
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 12 cubes · 57:2910 of 10 cubes · 57:16

Year by year

every meeting, 130 rounds in all
20172024busiest year: 43 meetings2017: 302018: 432019: 202023: 292024: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLuke Van LaninghamIvan Kruegerahead
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special II OH 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:01.122:30.92Luke Van Laningham
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special II OH 20243×3 blindfoldedFinal1:06.972:40.09Luke Van Laningham
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special II OH 20243×3 blindfoldedSecond round55.642:49.10Luke Van Laningham
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special II OH 20243×3 Fewest MovesFinal31 moves34.33Ivan Krueger
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special II OH 20244×4 blindfoldedFinal7:17.2014:09.00Luke Van Laningham
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special II OH 20245×5 blindfoldedFinal17:27.00Luke Van Laningham
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special II OH 2024ClockFirst round8.147.15Ivan Krueger
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special II OH 2024ClockSecond round8.687.95Ivan Krueger
2023OH-io State 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:09.282:01.37Ivan Krueger
2023OH-io State 20233×3 Multi-BlindFinal4 of 6 cubes · 41:335 of 7 cubes · 54:02Ivan Krueger
2023OH-io State 20234×4 blindfoldedFinaltie
2023OH-io State 2023ClockFirst round7.619.26Luke Van Laningham
2023OH-io State 2023ClockFinal8.157.59Ivan Krueger
2023Swoop in and Solve Oxford 20232×2Second round1.944.41Luke Van Laningham

Full careers: Luke Van Laningham · Ivan Krueger. 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.