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Carlos Méndez García-Barroso vs Arnau Tous Mateu

Two careers, 171 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.

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso (Spain) and Arnau Tous Mateu (Spain) have met in 171 rounds across 15 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso leads Arnau Tous Mateu: 141 finishes in front to 30.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Arnau Tous Mateu holds the faster single in 9, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarlos Méndez García-Barroso singleaverageArnau Tous Mateu singleaverage
3×35.227.124.797.31
2×20.931.530.881.83
4×426.3531.2427.8230.93
5×558.201:07.4056.091:00.72
6×62:14.222:18.241:55.372:04.02
7×73:24.373:28.593:04.743:13.69
3×3 blindfolded47.921:12.261:31.842:18.60
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.0019 moves24.00
3×3 one-handed8.5612.529.6713.04
Clock4.685.773.894.65
Megaminx48.1756.2442.7346.23
Pyraminx2.674.301.021.81
Skewb1.031.911.102.94
Square-15.337.427.4410.19
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 11 cubes · 44:545 of 6 cubes · 57:33

Year by year

every meeting, 171 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 76 meetings2017: 182018: 172020: 72022: 762023: 302024: 102025: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarlos Méndez García-BarrosoArnau Tous Mateuahead
2025Spanish Championship 20253×3First round8.519.36Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
2025Spanish Championship 20253×3Final7.907.82Arnau Tous Mateu
2025Spanish Championship 20253×3Semi Final8.657.83Arnau Tous Mateu
2025Spanish Championship 20253×3Second round8.268.07Arnau Tous Mateu
2025Spanish Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round14.2613.88Arnau Tous Mateu
2025Spanish Championship 20253×3 one-handedFinal13.5015.11Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
2025Spanish Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round14.1513.09Arnau Tous Mateu
2025Spanish Championship 2025SkewbSecond round4.112.94Arnau Tous Mateu
2025Spanish Championship 2025SkewbFirst round3.333.49Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
2025Spanish Championship 2025SkewbFinal2.586.70Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
2025Spanish Championship 2025Square-1Second round7.9015.47Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
2025Spanish Championship 2025Square-1First round9.0714.52Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
2025Spanish Championship 2025Square-1Final8.2512.90Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20242×2First round1.903.61Carlos Méndez García-Barroso

Full careers: Carlos Méndez García-Barroso · Arnau Tous Mateu. 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.