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Soa Gobayashi vs Leonardo Laghi

Two careers, 101 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.

Soa Gobayashi (Japan) and Leonardo Laghi (United Kingdom) have met in 101 rounds across 10 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Soa Gobayashi leads Leonardo Laghi: 65 finishes in front to 36.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Soa Gobayashi holds the faster single in 6, Leonardo Laghi in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventSoa Gobayashi singleaverageLeonardo Laghi singleaverage
3×37.9210.237.2310.27
2×22.172.852.123.46
4×446.8353.8542.4549.12
5×51:42.991:59.441:48.881:56.47
3×3 one-handed16.2521.7918.6720.86
Clock14.8618.2811.2913.81
Megaminx1:10.741:29.192:03.07
Pyraminx3.955.514.247.16
Skewb3.125.844.568.90
Square-129.8251.5855.64

Year by year

every meeting, 101 rounds in all
20222025busiest year: 41 meetings2022: 142023: 412024: 342025: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundSoa GobayashiLeonardo Laghiahead
2025Stevenage July 20252×2Second round3.803.95Soa Gobayashi
2025Stevenage July 20252×2First round6.643.95Leonardo Laghi
2025Stevenage July 20252×2Semi Final3.383.82Soa Gobayashi
2025Stevenage July 20253×3First round13.2210.92Leonardo Laghi
2025Stevenage July 20253×3Semi Final14.2411.31Leonardo Laghi
2025Stevenage July 20253×3Second round12.9810.75Leonardo Laghi
2025Stevenage July 2025ClockFirst round13.81Leonardo Laghi
2025Stevenage July 2025MegaminxFirst round1:32.652:03.07Soa Gobayashi
2025Stevenage July 2025PyraminxSecond round7.177.16Leonardo Laghi
2025Stevenage July 2025PyraminxFirst round6.107.71Soa Gobayashi
2025Stevenage July 2025SkewbSecond round5.9411.33Soa Gobayashi
2025Stevenage July 2025SkewbFirst round5.979.71Soa Gobayashi
2024Battersea Autumn 20242×2Second round2.873.46Soa Gobayashi
2024Battersea Autumn 20242×2First round3.754.64Soa Gobayashi

Full careers: Soa Gobayashi · Leonardo Laghi. 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.