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Dan Cohen vs Ernie Pulchny

Two careers, 170 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.

Dan Cohen (United States) and Ernie Pulchny (United States) have met in 170 rounds across 17 competitions since 2010. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dan Cohen leads Ernie Pulchny: 128 finishes in front to 36 and 6 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Dan Cohen holds the faster single in 13, Ernie Pulchny in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDan Cohen singleaverageErnie Pulchny singleaverage
3×37.289.518.5311.72
2×21.532.281.523.49
4×430.0235.0838.4343.81
5×557.441:02.601:19.741:23.71
6×61:55.432:00.672:23.852:29.87
7×73:11.003:22.623:29.073:44.69
3×3 blindfolded1:10.311:40.54
3×3 one-handed13.3816.0221.0925.63
Clock7.789.568.5610.46
Megaminx1:03.351:07.741:28.081:39.78
Pyraminx2.934.892.995.76
Skewb5.2111.123.365.79
Square-111.9514.5422.2233.34
4×4 blindfolded13:50.0018:24.00
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 13:223 of 3 cubes · 19:55

Year by year

every meeting, 170 rounds in all
20102016busiest year: 69 meetings2010: 162011: 692012: 202013: 402014: 192016: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDan CohenErnie Pulchnyahead
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 20163×3 blindfoldedFinal1:54.56Ernie Pulchny
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016ClockFirst round15.6416.45Dan Cohen
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016MegaminxFirst round1:35.972:10.44Dan Cohen
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016PyraminxFinal8.666.56Ernie Pulchny
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016PyraminxFirst round6.597.98Dan Cohen
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016Square-1Final22.1034.36Dan Cohen
2014US Nationals 20142×2Second round4.595.12Dan Cohen
2014US Nationals 20142×2First round3.884.79Dan Cohen
2014US Nationals 20143×3First round11.3715.84Dan Cohen
2014US Nationals 20143×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:07.091:57.04Ernie Pulchny
2014US Nationals 20143×3 with feetFinal2:17.822:09.07Ernie Pulchny
2014US Nationals 20143×3 Multi-BlindFinal3 of 3 cubes · 19:55Ernie Pulchny
2014US Nationals 20143×3 one-handedFirst round24.4535.66Dan Cohen
2014US Nationals 20144×4First round37.941:00.71Dan Cohen

Full careers: Dan Cohen · Ernie Pulchny. 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.