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Luke Van Laningham vs Stanley Chapel

Two careers, 240 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 Stanley Chapel (United States) have met in 240 rounds across 16 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stanley Chapel leads Luke Van Laningham: 157 finishes in front to 81 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Stanley Chapel holds the faster single in 15, Luke Van Laningham in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLuke Van Laningham singleaverageStanley Chapel singleaverage
3×36.156.895.046.48
2×20.811.360.761.40
4×428.5533.2524.3627.25
5×559.841:06.7142.8748.18
6×62:05.802:07.371:22.691:28.82
7×73:34.173:50.562:06.542:14.56
3×3 blindfolded55.641:06.9714.5215.71
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves31.6719 moves21.67
3×3 one-handed8.0812.999.2511.51
Clock6.007.613.153.55
Megaminx48.8259.6236.9441.32
Pyraminx1.181.881.142.02
Skewb1.282.201.372.16
Square-19.9612.185.127.29
4×4 blindfolded6:51.2651.9659.39
5×5 blindfolded17:27.001:58.592:27.63
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 12 cubes · 57:2953 of 57 cubes · 59:05

Year by year

every meeting, 240 rounds in all
20172024busiest year: 81 meetings2017: 332018: 692019: 812023: 342024: 23

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLuke Van LaninghamStanley Chapelahead
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special IV OH 20243×3 blindfoldedFinal1:44.4821.70Stanley Chapel
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special IV OH 20243×3 blindfoldedSecond round59.1618.23Stanley Chapel
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special IV OH 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:07.2616.64Stanley Chapel
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special IV OH 20243×3 Fewest MovesFinal43 moves24.33Stanley Chapel
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special IV OH 20244×4 blindfoldedFinal6:51.261:14.91Stanley Chapel
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special IV OH 20245×5 blindfoldedFinal19:43.002:11.34Stanley Chapel
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special IV OH 2024Square-1Second round16.709.21Stanley Chapel
2024Gem City Airplane Mode Special IV OH 2024Square-1First round19.0411.24Stanley Chapel
2024CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20243×3First round7.357.36Luke Van Laningham
2024CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20243×3 Fewest MovesFinal32 moves29.67Stanley Chapel
2024CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20243×3 Multi-BlindFinal12 of 12 cubes · 57:2938 of 41 cubes · 52:13Stanley Chapel
2024CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round13.9915.89Luke Van Laningham
2024CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20244×4First round33.9230.71Stanley Chapel
2024CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20244×4 blindfoldedFinal7:04.441:10.16Stanley Chapel

Full careers: Luke Van Laningham · Stanley Chapel. 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.