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Arnaud van Galen vs Rowe Hessler

Two careers, 47 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 Rowe Hessler (United States) have met in 47 rounds across 8 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Rowe Hessler leads Arnaud van Galen: 37 finishes in front to 10.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Rowe Hessler holds the faster single in 14, Arnaud van Galen in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageRowe Hessler singleaverage
3×312.5617.926.137.47
2×21.685.330.962.25
4×454.3159.9127.5131.60
5×51:32.361:52.351:03.681:11.96
6×63:09.953:26.862:14.212:19.43
7×75:00.955:19.944:02.904:10.90
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.9715.1019.47
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves21 moves26.33
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9411.4113.81
Clock9.2813.5111.7514.59
Megaminx2:15.492:25.3145.9552.73
Pyraminx4.849.394.218.94
Skewb11.0816.033.945.04
Square-112.5649.405.878.56
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:4763 of 66 cubes · 59:50

Year by year

every meeting, 47 rounds in all
20072013busiest year: 10 meetings2007: 102008: 22009: 102011: 62012: 92013: 10

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenRowe Hesslerahead
20131 AVG competition 20132×2Final6.373.41Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20132×2First round7.173.09Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20133×3First round21.099.78Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20133×3Final20.239.18Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20133×3 blindfoldedFinal4:16.051:46.32Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20133×3 one-handedFinal34.1614.95Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20134×4Final1:11.4138.70Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20134×4First round1:12.3039.68Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20135×5First round2:00.581:27.28Rowe Hessler
20131 AVG competition 20135×5Final1:56.001:24.37Rowe Hessler
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20122×2First round6.343.08Rowe Hessler
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3First round18.6010.26Rowe Hessler
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3 one-handedFirst round35.5115.67Rowe Hessler
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20124×4First round1:06.6839.85Rowe Hessler

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Rowe Hessler. 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.