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Dušan Zakelšek vs Marcel Ručigaj

Two careers, 618 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.

Dušan Zakelšek (Slovenia) and Marcel Ručigaj (Slovenia) have met in 618 rounds across 76 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Marcel Ručigaj leads Dušan Zakelšek: 495 finishes in front to 114 and 9 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Marcel Ručigaj holds the faster single in 14, Dušan Zakelšek in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDušan Zakelšek singleaverageMarcel Ručigaj singleaverage
3×310.6912.956.187.90
2×22.124.020.751.67
4×449.2753.0527.8831.63
5×51:27.961:43.2157.431:05.84
6×63:33.323:37.201:53.072:01.29
7×75:31.645:48.783:04.973:15.59
3×3 blindfolded1:06.461:32.8027.6138.83
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.6721 moves27.33
3×3 one-handed28.5935.7210.4714.22
Clock6.868.4111.1914.09
Megaminx1:52.112:23.1146.8652.56
Pyraminx2.434.202.473.80
Skewb4.186.533.736.47
Square-114.2120.519.4411.67
4×4 blindfolded10:31.005:04.525:35.15
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 12 cubes · 54:3716 of 17 cubes · 54:14

Year by year

every meeting, 618 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 106 meetings2016: 552017: 582018: 922019: 922020: 82022: 452023: 1062024: 512025: 672026: 44

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDušan ZakelšekMarcel Ručigajahead
2026Slovenian Nationals 20262×2Second round5.512.40Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20262×2First round4.632.69Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20263×3Second round16.198.60Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20263×3First round14.219.52Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal1:32.1137.32Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round1:36.3828.96Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:22.1237.33Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal10 of 12 cubes · 54:3711 of 17 cubes · 58:04Dušan Zakelšek
2026Slovenian Nationals 20264×4Second round1:00.1937.22Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20264×4First round1:00.6031.63Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20264×4 blindfoldedFinaltie
2026Slovenian Nationals 20265×5Second round1:53.291:08.72Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20265×5First round1:49.611:05.84Marcel Ručigaj
2026Slovenian Nationals 20266×6First round3:47.242:04.49Marcel Ručigaj

Full careers: Dušan Zakelšek · Marcel Ručigaj. 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.