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Shivam Bansal vs Mark Boyanowski

Two careers, 44 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 Mark Boyanowski (United States) have met in 44 rounds across 5 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Shivam Bansal leads Mark Boyanowski: 31 finishes in front to 13.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Shivam Bansal holds the faster single in 15, Mark Boyanowski in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventShivam Bansal singleaverageMark Boyanowski singleaverage
3×36.579.278.9310.74
2×21.022.242.473.77
4×426.3732.9037.3043.53
5×556.901:04.861:09.931:17.55
6×61:43.861:50.032:03.562:15.24
7×72:47.972:52.393:01.703:07.96
3×3 blindfolded22.0527.1521.4827.23
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves28.3317 moves22.33
3×3 one-handed9.7213.0414.4419.98
Clock6.868.8315.7619.64
Megaminx52.3658.291:00.691:10.03
Pyraminx1.433.403.106.11
Skewb2.125.224.287.75
Square-110.1913.7716.5524.94
4×4 blindfolded2:30.143:06.582:50.793:00.65
5×5 blindfolded5:12.909:15.685:33.606:44.31
3×3 Multi-Blind48 of 48 cubes · 59:4847 of 50 cubes · 54:18

Year by year

every meeting, 44 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 17 meetings2017: 172019: 162023: 32025: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundShivam BansalMark Boyanowskiahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.1011.88Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round27.8827.53Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.4529.51Mark Boyanowski
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal43 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0040 of 50 cubes · 1:00:00Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round16.4922.12Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round38.2745.42Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal7:49.008:30.94Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:14.522:16.76Shivam Bansal
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round30.0028.37Shivam Bansal
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedSecond round29.8330.25Shivam Bansal
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal29.0024.00Mark Boyanowski
2019WCA World Championship 20192×2First round4.204.33Shivam Bansal
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round10.7710.74Mark Boyanowski
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Second round10.0911.11Shivam Bansal

Full careers: Shivam Bansal · Mark Boyanowski. 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.