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Marcus Kamen vs Harsha Paladugu

Two careers, 74 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.

Marcus Kamen (United States) and Harsha Paladugu (United States) have met in 74 rounds across 12 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Marcus Kamen leads Harsha Paladugu: 51 finishes in front to 23.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Harsha Paladugu holds the faster single in 11, Marcus Kamen in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMarcus Kamen singleaverageHarsha Paladugu singleaverage
3×35.967.806.038.80
2×21.122.141.543.03
4×431.2138.1633.8339.91
5×51:13.981:22.321:16.611:27.48
6×62:50.872:56.632:43.222:51.40
7×74:46.754:54.544:26.484:57.96
3×3 blindfolded2:19.722:45.611:05.131:54.29
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.0021 moves23.33
3×3 one-handed12.2414.348.9113.88
Clock6.348.263.944.79
Megaminx1:10.301:16.4451.761:01.40
Pyraminx1.091.760.951.68
Skewb2.284.031.834.52
Square-120.6925.929.5614.19
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 17:112 of 2 cubes · 16:18

Year by year

every meeting, 74 rounds in all
20172024busiest year: 21 meetings2017: 42018: 92019: 92021: 62022: 172023: 212024: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMarcus KamenHarsha Paladuguahead
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round9.2111.40Marcus Kamen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round8.3511.21Marcus Kamen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3 one-handedFirst round14.7517.73Marcus Kamen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20244×4First round42.0345.19Marcus Kamen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024PyraminxSecond round2.552.47Harsha Paladugu
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024PyraminxFirst round2.962.84Harsha Paladugu
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024PyraminxFinal2.004.14Marcus Kamen
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024SkewbFirst round7.517.34Harsha Paladugu
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round43.7348.89Marcus Kamen
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5First round1:29.061:29.66Marcus Kamen
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023ClockFirst round10.086.17Marcus Kamen
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023MegaminxFirst round1:41.181:08.67Harsha Paladugu
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023PyraminxFinal2.072.91Marcus Kamen
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023PyraminxSecond round2.402.40Harsha Paladugu

Full careers: Marcus Kamen · Harsha Paladugu. 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.