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Arnaud van Galen vs Manuel López Sheriff

Two careers, 40 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 Manuel López Sheriff (Spain) have met in 40 rounds across 6 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Manuel López Sheriff leads Arnaud van Galen: 25 finishes in front to 14 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 8 shared events, Arnaud van Galen holds the faster single in 4, Manuel López Sheriff in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageManuel López Sheriff singleaverage
3×312.5617.9212.0015.05
2×21.685.333.004.53
4×454.3159.9159.231:04.70
5×51:32.361:52.353:15.853:40.92
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.971:01.591:31.37
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31 moves
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9420.9624.38
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:475 of 5 cubes · 46:07

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20072009busiest year: 30 meetings2007: 52008: 302009: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenManuel López Sheriffahead
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20092×2First round6.347.60Arnaud van Galen
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3First round23.4916.91Manuel López Sheriff
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:18.112:28.09Manuel López Sheriff
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 Multi-BlindFinal5 of 5 cubes · 49:21Manuel López Sheriff
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009MagicFinal2.032.71Arnaud van Galen
2008Geneva Open 20082×2First round7.057.55Arnaud van Galen
2008Geneva Open 20082×2Final7.005.76Manuel López Sheriff
2008Geneva Open 20083×3Second round23.8118.44Manuel López Sheriff
2008Geneva Open 20083×3First round25.9717.46Manuel López Sheriff
2008Geneva Open 20083×3 blindfoldedFinal5:33.521:55.90Manuel López Sheriff
2008Geneva Open 20083×3 one-handedFinal45.2132.92Manuel López Sheriff
2008Geneva Open 20084×4Final1:27.001:33.75Arnaud van Galen
2008Geneva Open 20085×5Final2:15.353:40.92Arnaud van Galen
2008Geneva Open 2008MagicFinal2.261.84Arnaud van Galen

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Manuel López Sheriff. 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.