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Arnaud van Galen vs Kai Jiptner

Two careers, 146 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 Kai Jiptner (Germany) have met in 146 rounds across 13 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kai Jiptner leads Arnaud van Galen: 100 finishes in front to 44 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Arnaud van Galen holds the faster single in 9, Kai Jiptner in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageKai Jiptner singleaverage
3×312.5617.929.9012.74
2×21.685.332.934.63
4×454.3159.9147.3158.14
5×51:32.361:52.351:48.051:54.10
6×63:09.953:26.864:32.724:53.87
7×75:00.955:19.947:52.008:01.27
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.9741.2157.28
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves376 moves
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9418.0821.85
Clock9.2813.5113.0514.71
Megaminx2:15.492:25.312:17.962:36.08
Pyraminx4.849.395.688.06
Square-112.5649.4030.8639.85
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:4714 of 14 cubes · 50:33

Year by year

every meeting, 146 rounds in all
20072011busiest year: 61 meetings2007: 302008: 332009: 612010: 132011: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenKai Jiptnerahead
2011German Nationals 20112×2First round7.395.18Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 20113×3First round20.0213.71Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 20113×3Second round20.6713.01Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 20113×3 blindfoldedFinal57.28Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 20113×3 Multi-BlindFinal14 of 14 cubes · 50:33Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 20113×3 one-handedFirst round35.4234.24Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 20114×4First round1:10.721:04.23Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 20115×5First round2:02.882:08.70Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 2011PyraminxFinal11.2810.72Kai Jiptner
2010Benelux Open 20102×2Final8.475.31Kai Jiptner
2010Benelux Open 20103×3Second round25.6514.27Kai Jiptner
2010Benelux Open 20103×3First round22.3413.55Kai Jiptner
2010Benelux Open 20103×3 blindfoldedFinal1:15.09Kai Jiptner
2010Benelux Open 20103×3 Multi-BlindFinal5 of 8 cubes · 33:09Kai Jiptner

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Kai Jiptner. 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.