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Dan Tran vs Ivan Vanek

Two careers, 379 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 Tran (United States) and Ivan Vanek (United States) have met in 379 rounds across 41 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dan Tran leads Ivan Vanek: 304 finishes in front to 71 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Dan Tran holds the faster single in 11, Ivan Vanek in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDan Tran singleaverageIvan Vanek singleaverage
3×35.227.147.238.42
2×21.101.841.121.98
4×423.2526.9433.7338.19
5×542.5250.011:11.391:20.16
6×61:24.181:32.472:29.242:44.97
7×72:15.752:28.304:05.904:30.02
3×3 blindfolded2:00.922:19.23
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves38.6739 moves49.67
3×3 one-handed8.7111.6713.4917.93
Megaminx44.8250.651:09.591:21.00
Pyraminx2.294.203.805.80
Skewb2.364.512.296.24
Square-18.9811.244.507.38

Year by year

every meeting, 379 rounds in all
20152025busiest year: 94 meetings2015: 42016: 352017: 452018: 242019: 212022: 312023: 942024: 882025: 37

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDan TranIvan Vanekahead
2025Bring the Heat AZ 20253×3Final8.619.81Dan Tran
2025Bring the Heat AZ 20253×3Second round9.6810.00Dan Tran
2025Bring the Heat AZ 20253×3First round8.7310.20Dan Tran
2025Bring the Heat AZ 20253×3 one-handedFinal14.3219.08Dan Tran
2025Bring the Heat AZ 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.8618.18Dan Tran
2025Bring the Heat AZ 20256×6Final1:41.542:46.12Dan Tran
2025Bring the Heat AZ 2025MegaminxFirst round52.951:28.91Dan Tran
2025Bring the Heat AZ 2025MegaminxFinal55.101:35.02Dan Tran
2025Bring the Heat AZ 2025Square-1Final16.718.39Ivan Vanek
2025Square-1 Showdown AZ 20252×2Final2.963.09Dan Tran
2025Square-1 Showdown AZ 20253×3Final9.3211.04Dan Tran
2025Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025Square-1Second round15.168.17Ivan Vanek
2025Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025Square-1First round14.2910.17Ivan Vanek
2025Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025Square-1Final16.538.72Ivan Vanek

Full careers: Dan Tran · Ivan Vanek. 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.