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Shivam Bansal vs Akash Rupela

Two careers, 696 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.

Shivam Bansal (India) and Akash Rupela (India) have met in 696 rounds across 57 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Shivam Bansal leads Akash Rupela: 369 finishes in front to 325 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Shivam Bansal holds the faster single in 16, Akash Rupela in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventShivam Bansal singleaverageAkash Rupela singleaverage
3×36.579.276.778.65
2×21.022.241.803.07
4×426.3732.9033.5539.23
5×556.901:04.861:03.281:10.24
6×61:43.861:50.031:55.072:06.01
7×72:47.972:52.393:14.213:39.88
3×3 blindfolded22.0527.1544.8653.89
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves28.3327 moves35.33
3×3 one-handed9.7213.0411.7415.48
Clock6.868.839.7511.95
Megaminx52.3658.2947.5954.71
Pyraminx1.433.403.365.40
Skewb2.125.223.905.89
Square-110.1913.7712.3015.01
4×4 blindfolded2:30.143:06.587:10.07
5×5 blindfolded5:12.909:15.6845:35.00
3×3 Multi-Blind48 of 48 cubes · 59:487 of 7 cubes · 48:50

Year by year

every meeting, 696 rounds in all
20142020busiest year: 150 meetings2014: 1502015: 1202016: 1272017: 1282018: 1022019: 482020: 21

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundShivam BansalAkash Rupelaahead
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20202×2Final3.233.65Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20202×2First round3.044.19Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20203×3Final9.2910.17Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20203×3First round10.8410.60Akash Rupela
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20203×3Second round9.819.88Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20203×3 one-handedFinal17.5817.57Akash Rupela
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20203×3 one-handedFirst round15.0318.15Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20204×4Final40.6640.29Akash Rupela
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20204×4First round40.7343.86Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20205×5Final1:07.111:22.84Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20205×5First round1:08.291:17.95Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 20206×6Final2:09.772:35.01Shivam Bansal
2020IIT Roorkee Open 2020MegaminxFinal1:10.641:06.84Akash Rupela
2020IIT Roorkee Open 2020PyraminxFinal3.836.15Shivam Bansal

Full careers: Shivam Bansal · Akash Rupela. 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.