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Shivam Bansal vs Sukant Koul

Two careers, 494 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 Sukant Koul (India) have met in 494 rounds across 33 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Shivam Bansal leads Sukant Koul: 365 finishes in front to 127 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Shivam Bansal holds the faster single in 9, Sukant Koul in 8.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventShivam Bansal singleaverageSukant Koul singleaverage
3×36.579.277.399.24
2×21.022.241.362.63
4×426.3732.9028.2133.23
5×556.901:04.8654.381:02.74
6×61:43.861:50.031:45.531:53.10
7×72:47.972:52.392:37.402:53.15
3×3 blindfolded22.0527.1519.0421.17
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves28.3325 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed9.7213.0410.2115.09
Clock6.868.833.564.52
Megaminx52.3658.2940.8043.10
Pyraminx1.433.402.593.95
Skewb2.125.221.743.91
Square-110.1913.776.529.31
4×4 blindfolded2:30.143:06.582:25.726:17.33
5×5 blindfolded5:12.909:15.686:51.6814:00.00
3×3 Multi-Blind48 of 48 cubes · 59:4836 of 38 cubes · 58:09

Year by year

every meeting, 494 rounds in all
20142026busiest year: 115 meetings2014: 162015: 292016: 1152017: 732018: 402019: 742020: 82022: 502025: 602026: 29

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundShivam BansalSukant Koulahead
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20262×2First round3.104.07Shivam Bansal
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20263×3First round10.7810.25Sukant Koul
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20263×3Second round9.679.72Shivam Bansal
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20263×3Final10.059.61Sukant Koul
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal27.2424.46Sukant Koul
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round41.6422.39Sukant Koul
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20263×3 one-handedFirst round16.3818.79Shivam Bansal
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20264×4Final38.0238.07Shivam Bansal
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20264×4Second round32.9039.47Shivam Bansal
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20264×4First round40.3537.47Sukant Koul
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal3:39.192:33.35Sukant Koul
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20266×6Final2:02.391:57.86Sukant Koul
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 20267×7Final3:05.192:54.35Sukant Koul
2026Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026MegaminxFinal1:05.7248.76Sukant Koul

Full careers: Shivam Bansal · Sukant Koul. 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.