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Shivam Bansal vs Brandon Lin (林博浩)

Two careers, 42 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 Brandon Lin (林博浩) (United States) have met in 42 rounds across 3 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Shivam Bansal leads Brandon Lin (林博浩): 34 finishes in front to 8.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Shivam Bansal holds the faster single in 13, Brandon Lin (林博浩) in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventShivam Bansal singleaverageBrandon Lin (林博浩) singleaverage
3×36.579.277.639.39
2×21.022.241.562.90
4×426.3732.9030.3135.49
5×556.901:04.8658.991:12.87
6×61:43.861:50.032:14.272:25.46
7×72:47.972:52.393:42.383:48.58
3×3 blindfolded22.0527.1520.0025.90
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves28.3330 moves33.67
3×3 one-handed9.7213.0412.0715.98
Clock6.868.838.289.64
Megaminx52.3658.2944.9254.49
Pyraminx1.433.402.905.47
Skewb2.125.224.096.26
Square-110.1913.776.468.28
4×4 blindfolded2:30.143:06.582:10.823:41.71
5×5 blindfolded5:12.909:15.687:09.71
3×3 Multi-Blind48 of 48 cubes · 59:4840 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00

Year by year

every meeting, 42 rounds in all
20232025busiest year: 17 meetings2023: 162024: 172025: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundShivam BansalBrandon Lin (林博浩)ahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.1011.80Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round27.88Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.4528.21Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal43 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0027 of 33 cubes · 59:58Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round16.4919.13Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round38.2737.56Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal3:06.58Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal7:49.007:22.40Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:14.522:31.72Shivam Bansal
2024Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 20242×2First round4.204.49Shivam Bansal
2024Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 20243×3First round10.2711.62Shivam Bansal
2024Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst round26.3231.59Shivam Bansal
2024Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFinal25.8627.32Shivam Bansal
2024Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 20243×3 Fewest MovesFinal28 movesShivam Bansal

Full careers: Shivam Bansal · Brandon Lin (林博浩). 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.