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Zach Goldman vs Kobe Balin

Two careers, 162 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.

Zach Goldman (United States) and Kobe Balin (United States) have met in 162 rounds across 21 competitions since 2012. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Zach Goldman leads Kobe Balin: 130 finishes in front to 32.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Kobe Balin holds the faster single in 7, Zach Goldman in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventZach Goldman singleaverageKobe Balin singleaverage
3×37.499.236.978.62
2×21.523.301.683.16
4×431.6035.0733.9637.15
5×51:00.351:10.571:03.921:10.11
6×62:11.952:23.551:56.092:15.84
7×73:40.663:52.793:16.503:23.16
3×3 blindfolded3:54.974:08.574:30.22
3×3 one-handed12.8815.2510.6717.27
Clock20.6522.748.8512.44
Pyraminx3.845.833.916.63
Skewb3.436.401.793.69
Square-128.4149.1116.7527.10

Year by year

every meeting, 162 rounds in all
20122022busiest year: 43 meetings2012: 162013: 82014: 252015: 432016: 152017: 112018: 252019: 82022: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundZach GoldmanKobe Balinahead
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20222×2First round4.574.51Kobe Balin
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20223×3First round10.5310.66Zach Goldman
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20223×3Second round11.4510.10Zach Goldman
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20223×3 one-handedFirst round18.4723.09Zach Goldman
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20224×4First round40.8649.17Zach Goldman
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20225×5First round1:19.631:27.28Zach Goldman
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20226×6First round2:57.642:49.54Kobe Balin
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 20227×7First round4:18.03Zach Goldman
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022PyraminxFirst round8.899.80Zach Goldman
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022SkewbFirst round8.126.49Kobe Balin
2022CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022SkewbSecond round13.145.39Kobe Balin
2019CubingUSA Nationals 20192×2First round5.084.14Kobe Balin
2019CubingUSA Nationals 20193×3First round10.3712.32Zach Goldman
2019CubingUSA Nationals 20193×3 one-handedFirst round19.5726.41Zach Goldman

Full careers: Zach Goldman · Kobe Balin. 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.