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Arnaud van Galen vs Norbert Héjja

Two careers, 45 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 Norbert Héjja (Hungary) have met in 45 rounds across 4 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Norbert Héjja leads Arnaud van Galen: 32 finishes in front to 12 and 1 tie.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageNorbert Héjja singleaverage
3×312.5617.929.2811.10
2×21.685.333.165.28
4×454.3159.9133.4938.86
5×51:32.361:52.351:04.691:08.82
6×63:09.953:26.862:13.852:22.16
7×75:00.955:19.943:09.763:23.17
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.971:29.432:02.55
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves41 moves
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9417.1222.31
Clock9.2813.5116.6519.43
Megaminx2:15.492:25.312:16.332:39.87
Pyraminx4.849.396.248.46
Square-112.5649.4031.5840.88
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:473 of 3 cubes · 19:27

Year by year

every meeting, 45 rounds in all
20082009busiest year: 39 meetings2008: 62009: 39

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenNorbert Héjjaahead
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20092×2First round6.345.28Norbert Héjja
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3First round23.4912.73Norbert Héjja
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:18.111:30.65Norbert Héjja
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20094×4First round1:25.5056.35Norbert Héjja
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20096×6Final4:15.435:59.84Arnaud van Galen
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20097×7Final6:27.004:38.00Norbert Héjja
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009ClockFinal14.4218.77Arnaud van Galen
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009MagicFinal2.033.07Arnaud van Galen
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009PyraminxFinal11.2211.86Norbert Héjja
2009Czech Open 20092×2Final9.067.17Norbert Héjja
2009Czech Open 20093×3First round20.3014.44Norbert Héjja
2009Czech Open 20093×3Second round22.5714.64Norbert Héjja
2009Czech Open 20093×3 blindfoldedFinal5:36.472:25.68Norbert Héjja
2009Czech Open 20093×3 Fewest MovesFinal41 movesNorbert Héjja

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Norbert Héjja. 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.