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Arnaud van Galen vs Timothy Sun

Two careers, 44 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 Timothy Sun (United States) have met in 44 rounds across 4 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Timothy Sun leads Arnaud van Galen: 40 finishes in front to 4.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Timothy Sun holds the faster single in 11, Arnaud van Galen in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventArnaud van Galen singleaverageTimothy Sun singleaverage
3×312.5617.927.8410.10
2×21.685.331.653.43
4×454.3159.9138.7244.57
5×51:32.361:52.351:16.581:23.80
6×63:09.953:26.863:42.303:54.78
7×75:00.955:19.945:43.155:52.46
3×3 blindfolded3:03.223:48.9756.291:03.25
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves27 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed23.6530.9418.3621.51
Clock9.2813.519.1910.26
Megaminx2:15.492:25.311:32.471:41.72
Pyraminx4.849.394.818.17
Skewb11.0816.039.3011.11
Square-112.5649.4017.0522.72
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:476 of 6 cubes · 36:59

Year by year

every meeting, 44 rounds in all
20072009busiest year: 24 meetings2007: 102008: 102009: 24

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundArnaud van GalenTimothy Sunahead
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20092×2First round6.345.63Timothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3First round23.4913.99Timothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:18.111:05.97Timothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 Fewest MovesFinal34 movesTimothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 Multi-BlindFinal6 of 6 cubes · 36:59Timothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20094×4First round1:25.5058.60Timothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20096×6Final4:15.434:32.27Arnaud van Galen
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009ClockFinal14.4213.49Timothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009MagicFinal2.031.78Timothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009Master MagicFinal5.134.18Timothy Sun
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009PyraminxFinal11.2212.00Timothy Sun
2009US Nationals 20092×2First round8.054.78Timothy Sun
2009US Nationals 20093×3First round22.9614.02Timothy Sun
2009US Nationals 20093×3 Fewest MovesFinal37 moves30 movesTimothy Sun

Full careers: Arnaud van Galen · Timothy Sun. 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.