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Dan Cohen vs Timothy Sun

Two careers, 197 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 Timothy Sun (United States) have met in 197 rounds across 14 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dan Cohen leads Timothy Sun: 98 finishes in front to 89 and 10 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Dan Cohen holds the faster single in 12, Timothy Sun in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDan Cohen singleaverageTimothy Sun singleaverage
3×37.289.517.8410.10
2×21.532.281.653.43
4×430.0235.0838.7244.57
5×557.441:02.601:16.581:23.80
6×61:55.432:00.673:42.303:54.78
7×73:11.003:22.625:43.155:52.46
3×3 blindfolded1:10.3156.291:03.25
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves39.0027 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed13.3816.0218.3621.51
Clock7.789.569.1910.26
Megaminx1:03.351:07.741:32.471:41.72
Pyraminx2.934.894.818.17
Skewb5.2111.129.3011.11
Square-111.9514.5417.0522.72
4×4 blindfolded13:50.006:11.86
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 13:226 of 6 cubes · 36:59

Year by year

every meeting, 197 rounds in all
20072016busiest year: 59 meetings2007: 92008: 192009: 592010: 432011: 92012: 92013: 292014: 162016: 4

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDan CohenTimothy Sunahead
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 20163×3 blindfoldedFinal1:27.27Timothy Sun
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 20163×3 Fewest MovesFinal39.0033.67Timothy Sun
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016ClockFinal14.7011.57Timothy Sun
2016Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016ClockFirst round15.6413.24Timothy Sun
2014US Nationals 20142×2Second round4.594.21Timothy Sun
2014US Nationals 20142×2First round3.883.48Timothy Sun
2014US Nationals 20143×3Semi Final10.3012.04Dan Cohen
2014US Nationals 20143×3Second round9.9411.72Dan Cohen
2014US Nationals 20143×3First round11.3711.53Dan Cohen
2014US Nationals 20143×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:07.091:10.04Timothy Sun
2014US Nationals 20143×3 Fewest MovesFinal39 moves28.67Timothy Sun
2014US Nationals 20143×3 with feetFinal2:17.821:15.63Timothy Sun
2014US Nationals 20143×3 Multi-BlindFinal6 of 7 cubes · 48:22Timothy Sun
2014US Nationals 20144×4Second round39.6448.29Dan Cohen

Full careers: Dan Cohen · 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.