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Arnaud van Galen vs Lars Vennike Nielsson

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 Lars Vennike Nielsson (Denmark) have met in 65 rounds across 7 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Lars Vennike Nielsson leads Arnaud van Galen: 38 finishes in front to 26 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Lars Vennike Nielsson holds the faster single in 8, Arnaud van Galen in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageLars Vennike Nielsson singleaverage
3×312.5617.928.8611.24
2×21.685.331.963.51
4×454.3159.9143.2252.27
5×51:32.361:52.351:43.551:52.88
6×63:09.953:26.863:37.223:48.87
7×75:00.955:19.945:41.465:48.81
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.971:24.022:38.12
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves25 moves27.67
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9412.2416.87
Clock9.2813.5111.3113.15
Megaminx2:15.492:25.311:32.621:43.53
Pyraminx4.849.396.168.37
Skewb11.0816.037.0710.55
Square-112.5649.4023.2632.91
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:475 of 6 cubes · 42:19

Year by year

every meeting, 65 rounds in all
20082017busiest year: 28 meetings2008: 102009: 122010: 102012: 282017: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenLars Vennike Nielssonahead
2017Danish Open 20172×2First round7.797.33Lars Vennike Nielsson
2017Danish Open 20173×3First round20.7113.76Lars Vennike Nielsson
2017Danish Open 20173×3Second round21.6915.94Lars Vennike Nielsson
2017Danish Open 20174×4First round1:19.521:00.05Lars Vennike Nielsson
2017Danish Open 20175×5First round1:58.892:13.27Arnaud van Galen
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20122×2First round6.346.38Arnaud van Galen
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3First round18.6014.59Lars Vennike Nielsson
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:38.96Arnaud van Galen
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3 one-handedFirst round35.5136.88Arnaud van Galen
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20124×4First round1:06.681:06.24Lars Vennike Nielsson
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20125×5First round1:57.292:04.84Arnaud van Galen
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012PyraminxFirst round12.0812.06Lars Vennike Nielsson
2012Ballerup Open 20122×2First round6.545.62Lars Vennike Nielsson
2012Ballerup Open 20123×3First round21.4614.12Lars Vennike Nielsson

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Lars Vennike Nielsson. 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.