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Arnaud van Galen vs Guillain Potron

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.

Arnaud van Galen (Netherlands) and Guillain Potron (France) have met in 65 rounds across 7 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Guillain Potron leads Arnaud van Galen: 46 finishes in front to 16 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Arnaud van Galen holds the faster single in 8, Guillain Potron in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageGuillain Potron singleaverage
3×312.5617.929.6311.80
2×21.685.331.834.49
4×454.3159.9143.911:00.67
5×51:32.361:52.351:33.181:46.47
6×63:09.953:26.864:19.004:53.66
7×75:00.955:19.946:50.907:54.66
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.971:05.43
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves27 moves
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9417.6825.02
Clock9.2813.5120.7723.68
Megaminx2:15.492:25.311:46.832:00.77
Pyraminx4.849.395.5210.75
Square-112.5649.4037.2741.49
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:475 of 5 cubes · 35:00

Year by year

every meeting, 65 rounds in all
20082011busiest year: 43 meetings2008: 182009: 432011: 4

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenGuillain Potronahead
2011Cachan Open 20113×3First round19.0915.44Guillain Potron
2011Cachan Open 20113×3Second round20.0112.42Guillain Potron
2011Cachan Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFinal6:00.311:28.88Guillain Potron
2011Cachan Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFirst round4:50.312:04.59Guillain Potron
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20092×2First round6.345.89Guillain Potron
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3First round23.4914.20Guillain Potron
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:18.111:30.52Guillain Potron
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 Fewest MovesFinal37 movesGuillain Potron
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 Multi-BlindFinal2 of 4 cubes · 21:49Guillain Potron
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20094×4First round1:25.501:01.86Guillain Potron
2009Brussels Summer Open 20092×2First round8.795.69Guillain Potron
2009Brussels Summer Open 20092×2Final6.855.74Guillain Potron
2009Brussels Summer Open 20093×3First round21.4815.00Guillain Potron
2009Brussels Summer Open 20093×3Second round22.9012.92Guillain Potron

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Guillain Potron. 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.