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Ruben Grobler vs Osman Badroodin

Two careers, 411 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.

Ruben Grobler (South Africa) and Osman Badroodin (South Africa) have met in 411 rounds across 30 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ruben Grobler leads Osman Badroodin: 292 finishes in front to 117 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Ruben Grobler holds the faster single in 7, Osman Badroodin in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRuben Grobler singleaverageOsman Badroodin singleaverage
3×36.317.787.058.69
2×21.191.751.483.03
4×428.0933.0127.8731.55
5×553.8059.4951.3158.14
6×61:47.891:59.251:49.301:55.31
7×72:52.733:07.362:49.922:54.22
3×3 blindfolded58.461:28.283:52.11
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves29.3327 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed11.2114.229.1412.53
Clock7.0510.3510.4712.15
Megaminx52.7259.7049.2858.40
Pyraminx2.463.953.435.57
Skewb1.733.553.295.17
Square-18.7612.277.109.09

Year by year

every meeting, 411 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 119 meetings2019: 182022: 762023: 412024: 1052025: 1192026: 52

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRuben GroblerOsman Badroodinahead
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20262×2Final1.884.14Ruben Grobler
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20262×2First round2.373.69Ruben Grobler
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20263×3Second round8.969.34Ruben Grobler
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20263×3First round9.459.20Osman Badroodin
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20263×3Final8.799.89Ruben Grobler
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20263×3 one-handedFinal15.7414.93Osman Badroodin
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.5014.89Osman Badroodin
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20264×4Final36.0733.83Osman Badroodin
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 20264×4First round36.2235.15Osman Badroodin
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026ClockFirst round14.0014.49Ruben Grobler
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026ClockFinal9.6312.40Ruben Grobler
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026MegaminxFinal1:05.191:00.28Osman Badroodin
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026PyraminxFinal3.9512.46Ruben Grobler
2026Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026PyraminxFirst round5.406.77Ruben Grobler

Full careers: Ruben Grobler · Osman Badroodin. 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.