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Erik Akkersdijk vs Kai Jiptner

Two careers, 249 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.

Erik Akkersdijk (Netherlands) and Kai Jiptner (Germany) have met in 249 rounds across 20 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Erik Akkersdijk leads Kai Jiptner: 204 finishes in front to 43 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Erik Akkersdijk holds the faster single in 12, Kai Jiptner in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventErik Akkersdijk singleaverageKai Jiptner singleaverage
3×36.548.089.9012.74
2×20.962.682.934.63
4×426.5731.5347.3158.14
5×552.2559.201:48.051:54.10
6×61:55.412:03.354:32.724:53.87
7×72:58.383:07.317:52.008:01.27
3×3 blindfolded1:06.041:22.9241.2157.28
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves29.33376 moves
3×3 one-handed11.2815.9618.0821.85
Clock8.3410.2413.0514.71
Megaminx47.1852.602:17.962:36.08
Pyraminx2.814.335.688.06
Square-117.5626.4530.8639.85
4×4 blindfolded21:34.005:03.355:39.73
5×5 blindfolded31:57.0015:22.00
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 17 cubes · 55:4714 of 14 cubes · 50:33

Year by year

every meeting, 249 rounds in all
20072013busiest year: 74 meetings2007: 212008: 372009: 742010: 662011: 452013: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundErik AkkersdijkKai Jiptnerahead
2013German Nationals 20133×3First round11.3414.22Erik Akkersdijk
2013German Nationals 20133×3Second round11.6313.02Erik Akkersdijk
2013German Nationals 20133×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:13.13Kai Jiptner
2013German Nationals 20133×3 one-handedFinal18.9123.74Erik Akkersdijk
2013German Nationals 20133×3 one-handedFirst round20.8725.42Erik Akkersdijk
2013German Nationals 20134×4First round41.581:01.88Erik Akkersdijk
2011German Nationals 20112×2First round4.345.18Erik Akkersdijk
2011German Nationals 20112×2Final4.134.81Erik Akkersdijk
2011German Nationals 20113×3First round10.7213.71Erik Akkersdijk
2011German Nationals 20113×3Second round9.8013.01Erik Akkersdijk
2011German Nationals 20113×3 blindfoldedFinal1:38.4357.28Kai Jiptner
2011German Nationals 20113×3 one-handedFirst round20.3134.24Erik Akkersdijk
2011German Nationals 20114×4First round43.141:04.23Erik Akkersdijk
2011German Nationals 20115×5First round1:19.252:08.70Erik Akkersdijk

Full careers: Erik Akkersdijk · Kai Jiptner. 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.