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Tommy Cherry vs Ben Baron

Two careers, 65 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.

Tommy Cherry (United States) and Ben Baron (Israel) have met in 65 rounds across 3 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ben Baron leads Tommy Cherry: 35 finishes in front to 29 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Tommy Cherry holds the faster single in 9, Ben Baron in 8.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventTommy Cherry singleaverageBen Baron singleaverage
3×34.536.384.525.88
2×20.691.350.731.39
4×422.8727.1221.7625.89
5×545.9450.3443.1348.82
6×61:27.731:37.351:25.491:32.20
7×72:16.652:27.542:11.662:23.52
3×3 blindfolded11.5613.9714.8518.05
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.6721 moves22.67
3×3 one-handed8.0110.747.299.29
Clock2.433.283.374.41
Megaminx32.5840.5334.5337.29
Pyraminx1.342.501.402.20
Skewb1.442.801.332.41
Square-15.267.775.638.73
4×4 blindfolded1:20.341:55.302:09.923:39.35
5×5 blindfolded3:17.045:00.415:59.24
3×3 Multi-Blind36 of 37 cubes · 57:4831 of 35 cubes · 57:24

Year by year

every meeting, 65 rounds in all
20232025busiest year: 24 meetings2023: 202024: 242025: 21

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundTommy CherryBen Baronahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.822.13Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.957.39Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal14.6420.00Tommy Cherry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round15.4221.00Tommy Cherry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round15.1818.68Tommy Cherry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal28 of 37 cubes · 1:00:00Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.2112.00Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round16.3711.29Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round37.5929.08Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal3:41.78Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:08.9753.26Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal6:50.75Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:00.151:41.72Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:26.682:40.24Ben Baron

Full careers: Tommy Cherry · Ben Baron. 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.