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Arnaud van Galen vs Dennis Strehlau

Two careers, 102 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 Dennis Strehlau (Germany) have met in 102 rounds across 9 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dennis Strehlau leads Arnaud van Galen: 57 finishes in front to 44 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Arnaud van Galen holds the faster single in 7, Dennis Strehlau in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageDennis Strehlau singleaverage
3×312.5617.9211.9913.35
2×21.685.332.475.51
4×454.3159.9154.7659.70
5×51:32.361:52.352:15.052:26.96
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.9747.691:07.43
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves53 moves
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9424.1129.34
Clock9.2813.516.228.54
Megaminx2:15.492:25.311:57.032:00.53
Pyraminx4.849.396.599.90
Square-112.5649.4016.3826.77
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:4719 of 20 cubes · 59:04

Year by year

every meeting, 102 rounds in all
20082009busiest year: 81 meetings2008: 812009: 21

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenDennis Strehlauahead
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20092×2First round6.346.64Arnaud van Galen
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3First round23.4919.88Dennis Strehlau
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:18.111:36.53Dennis Strehlau
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 Multi-BlindFinal11 of 12 cubes · 57:00Dennis Strehlau
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 one-handedQualification round39.9329.53Dennis Strehlau
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20095×5Qualification round2:17.552:16.88Dennis Strehlau
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009ClockFinal14.4210.47Dennis Strehlau
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009MagicFinal2.033.06Arnaud van Galen
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009PyraminxFinal11.2211.29Dennis Strehlau
2009Aachen Open 20092×2Final6.357.53Arnaud van Galen
2009Aachen Open 20093×3Second round26.1220.18Dennis Strehlau
2009Aachen Open 20093×3First round23.9321.40Dennis Strehlau
2009Aachen Open 20093×3 blindfoldedFinal4:54.901:38.38Dennis Strehlau
2009Aachen Open 20093×3 one-handedFirst round45.5539.66Dennis Strehlau

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Dennis Strehlau. 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.