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Martin Vædele Egdal vs Benjamin Gottschalk

Two careers, 49 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.

Martin Vædele Egdal (Denmark) and Benjamin Gottschalk (United States) have met in 49 rounds across 4 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Martin Vædele Egdal leads Benjamin Gottschalk: 45 finishes in front to 4.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Martin Vædele Egdal holds the faster single in 15, Benjamin Gottschalk in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMartin Vædele Egdal singleaverageBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverage
3×34.755.985.448.02
2×20.641.191.052.53
4×420.6822.9728.8932.50
5×540.5046.1853.9459.95
6×61:20.311:26.431:41.291:56.89
7×72:00.702:09.922:59.573:14.43
3×3 blindfolded15.6018.231:33.431:55.32
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves24.6721 moves28.33
3×3 one-handed7.3910.3411.4115.39
Clock3.904.955.226.35
Megaminx32.6737.1842.0546.79
Pyraminx1.072.411.953.66
Skewb1.252.121.733.88
Square-14.596.764.146.11
4×4 blindfolded1:46.162:08.9412:20.00
3×3 Multi-Blind31 of 33 cubes · 57:293 of 3 cubes · 26:52

Year by year

every meeting, 49 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 20 meetings2017: 152019: 202025: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMartin Vædele EgdalBenjamin Gottschalkahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.003.46Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round6.7510.18Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.29Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.3016.66Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round26.9136.50Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round47.301:02.10Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:42.772:08.12Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:15.953:15.91Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round6.668.76Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round40.5651.52Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.453.92Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round3.146.51Martin Vædele Egdal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round9.307.63Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round9.027.25Benjamin Gottschalk

Full careers: Martin Vædele Egdal · Benjamin Gottschalk. 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.