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Arnaud van Galen vs Dan Cohen

Two careers, 62 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.

Arnaud van Galen (Netherlands) and Dan Cohen (United States) have met in 62 rounds across 6 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dan Cohen leads Arnaud van Galen: 53 finishes in front to 8 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Dan Cohen holds the faster single in 14, Arnaud van Galen in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageDan Cohen singleaverage
3×312.5617.927.289.51
2×21.685.331.532.28
4×454.3159.9130.0235.08
5×51:32.361:52.3557.441:02.60
6×63:09.953:26.861:55.432:00.67
7×75:00.955:19.943:11.003:22.62
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.971:10.31
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31 moves39.00
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9413.3816.02
Clock9.2813.517.789.56
Megaminx2:15.492:25.311:03.351:07.74
Pyraminx4.849.392.934.89
Skewb11.0816.035.2111.12
Square-112.5649.4011.9514.54
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:473 of 3 cubes · 13:22

Year by year

every meeting, 62 rounds in all
20072011busiest year: 25 meetings2007: 82008: 152009: 252011: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenDan Cohenahead
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20112×2First round6.264.36Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20113×3First round20.4511.04Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20113×3 blindfoldedFirst round4:07.271:32.71Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20113×3 Multi-BlindFinal3 of 6 cubes · 45:44Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20113×3 one-handedFirst round35.8818.45Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20114×4First round1:04.5642.31Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20115×5First round2:01.661:12.22Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20116×6First round4:19.172:50.62Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20117×7First round6:27.494:28.56Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011ClockFirst round19.6312.22Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011MagicFirst round4.042.64Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011Master MagicFirst round5.214.06Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011PyraminxFirst round16.087.08Dan Cohen
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011Square-1First round43.5517.55Dan Cohen

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Dan Cohen. 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.