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Donovan Hale vs Pieterjan Joubert

Two careers, 47 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.

Donovan Hale (South Africa) and Pieterjan Joubert (South Africa) have met in 47 rounds across 11 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Pieterjan Joubert leads Donovan Hale: 44 finishes in front to 3.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Pieterjan Joubert holds the faster single in 10, Donovan Hale in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDonovan Hale singleaveragePieterjan Joubert singleaverage
3×321.8328.8910.7313.68
2×24.258.622.774.30
4×41:27.381:43.0145.1753.71
5×53:22.443:47.101:34.411:43.22
6×65:29.116:52.872:43.403:01.77
7×78:20.408:48.834:10.044:25.74
3×3 one-handed42.8652.6822.5628.00
Megaminx4:46.485:30.301:05.661:17.89
Pyraminx11.5915.185.356.35
Skewb15.3323.518.9010.83

Year by year

every meeting, 47 rounds in all
20142018busiest year: 26 meetings2014: 82015: 262016: 42017: 62018: 3

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDonovan HalePieterjan Joubertahead
2018Gauteng Autumn 20183×3First round30.5416.27Pieterjan Joubert
2018Gauteng Autumn 20184×4Final2:08.6554.97Pieterjan Joubert
2018Gauteng Autumn 2018PyraminxFinal15.3111.63Pieterjan Joubert
2017Big 'n Weird Pretoria 20173×3First round32.5114.70Pieterjan Joubert
2017Big 'n Weird Pretoria 20173×3Final31.8313.68Pieterjan Joubert
2017Big 'n Weird Pretoria 20176×6Final6:52.873:09.20Pieterjan Joubert
2017Big 'n Weird Pretoria 20177×7Final4:25.74Pieterjan Joubert
2017Gauteng Winter 20173×3First round30.9614.38Pieterjan Joubert
2017Gauteng Winter 20174×4Final2:01.5453.71Pieterjan Joubert
2016Big 'n Weird Pretoria 20163×3First round30.2317.17Pieterjan Joubert
2016Big 'n Weird Pretoria 20163×3 with feetFinal4:08.294:44.36Donovan Hale
2016Big 'n Weird Pretoria 20166×6Final6:55.983:01.77Pieterjan Joubert
2016Big 'n Weird Pretoria 20167×7Final8:48.834:44.25Pieterjan Joubert
2015Johannesburg Open 20152×2First round10.006.34Pieterjan Joubert

Full careers: Donovan Hale · Pieterjan Joubert. 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.