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Timothy Castle vs Benjamin Gottschalk

Two careers, 488 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.

Timothy Castle (United States) and Benjamin Gottschalk (United States) have met in 488 rounds across 42 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Benjamin Gottschalk leads Timothy Castle: 268 finishes in front to 215 and 5 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Timothy Castle holds the faster single in 10, Benjamin Gottschalk in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTimothy Castle singleaverageBenjamin Gottschalk singleaverage
3×35.197.675.448.02
2×20.941.611.052.53
4×424.4328.7928.8932.50
5×546.9555.1353.9459.95
6×61:31.961:38.831:41.291:56.89
7×72:24.292:33.912:59.573:14.43
3×3 blindfolded16.3024.571:33.431:55.32
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.6721 moves28.33
3×3 one-handed11.0613.5311.4115.39
Clock5.346.665.226.35
Megaminx43.2647.2942.0546.79
Pyraminx2.012.531.953.66
Skewb2.203.501.733.88
Square-14.737.074.146.11
4×4 blindfolded3:01.5812:20.00
3×3 Multi-Blind19 of 21 cubes · 52:483 of 3 cubes · 26:52

Year by year

every meeting, 488 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 105 meetings2017: 302018: 702019: 962020: 422021: 102022: 992023: 1052024: 172025: 19

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTimothy CastleBenjamin Gottschalkahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round3.743.46Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.6310.18Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round18.64Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.5416.66Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round28.7936.50Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:01.931:02.10Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:39.392:08.12Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round2:37.933:15.91Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round47.2951.52Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.583.92Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round7.316.51Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round9.317.63Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round9.027.25Benjamin Gottschalk
2025Warm Up Seattle 20253×3Semi Final8.679.18Timothy Castle

Full careers: Timothy Castle · Benjamin Gottschalk. 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.