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Mitchell Lane vs Kobe Balin

Two careers, 121 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.

Mitchell Lane (United States) and Kobe Balin (United States) have met in 121 rounds across 9 competitions since 2013. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Mitchell Lane leads Kobe Balin: 111 finishes in front to 10.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Mitchell Lane holds the faster single in 11, Kobe Balin in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMitchell Lane singleaverageKobe Balin singleaverage
3×36.257.786.978.62
2×20.872.551.683.16
4×427.2431.4933.9637.15
5×552.581:01.481:03.921:10.11
6×61:36.981:46.511:56.092:15.84
7×72:35.102:46.903:16.503:23.16
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves32.3333 moves37.67
3×3 one-handed11.5715.5410.6717.27
Clock6.737.868.8512.44
Megaminx43.6354.561:18.421:24.85
Pyraminx2.153.703.916.63
Skewb2.163.861.793.69
Square-110.5314.8316.7527.10

Year by year

every meeting, 121 rounds in all
20132025busiest year: 22 meetings2013: 102014: 152015: 202016: 152017: 152018: 132019: 222025: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMitchell LaneKobe Balinahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.183.52Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round10.3610.77Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.789.63Kobe Balin
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round18.7719.70Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round32.6941.04Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:05.491:20.05Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:50.822:17.05Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:06.883:45.36Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round10.0413.45Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round6.308.02Mitchell Lane
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round6.125.39Kobe Balin
2019CubingUSA Nationals 20192×2First round2.554.14Mitchell Lane
2019CubingUSA Nationals 20193×3First round10.2512.32Mitchell Lane
2019CubingUSA Nationals 20193×3 one-handedFirst round17.8626.41Mitchell Lane

Full careers: Mitchell Lane · Kobe Balin. 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.