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Gilles van den Peereboom vs Arnaud van Galen

Two careers, 94 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.

Gilles van den Peereboom (Belgium) and Arnaud van Galen (Netherlands) have met in 94 rounds across 14 competitions since 2006. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Gilles van den Peereboom leads Arnaud van Galen: 76 finishes in front to 16 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Arnaud van Galen holds the faster single in 10, Gilles van den Peereboom in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventGilles van den Peereboom singleaverageArnaud van Galen singleaverage
3×312.8614.9712.5617.92
2×26.007.661.685.33
4×41:15.401:28.3354.3159.91
5×52:32.212:43.151:32.361:52.35
3×3 blindfolded2:20.153:03.223:48.97
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves26 moves
3×3 one-handed18.6523.8423.6530.94
Clock11.5612.329.2813.51
Megaminx4:06.254:48.292:15.492:25.31
Pyraminx19.9630.524.849.39
Square-151.941:12.2812.5649.40
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 11:403 of 3 cubes · 24:47

Year by year

every meeting, 94 rounds in all
20062013busiest year: 55 meetings2006: 242007: 552008: 62009: 42013: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundGilles van den PeereboomArnaud van Galenahead
2013Dubai Open 20133×3Final18.4518.02Arnaud van Galen
2013Dubai Open 20133×3Second round18.1418.72Gilles van den Peereboom
2013Dubai Open 20133×3First round18.5620.31Gilles van den Peereboom
2013Dubai Open 20133×3 blindfoldedFinal4:43.63Gilles van den Peereboom
2013Dubai Open 20133×3 one-handedFinal37.1933.69Arnaud van Galen
2009Belgian Open 20093×3Second round16.6923.82Gilles van den Peereboom
2009Belgian Open 20093×3First round16.7525.79Gilles van den Peereboom
2009Belgian Open 20093×3 blindfoldedFinal2:59.215:21.06Gilles van den Peereboom
2009Belgian Open 20093×3 one-handedFinal26.2239.79Gilles van den Peereboom
2008Dutch Open 20083×3Second round14.9723.00Gilles van den Peereboom
2008Dutch Open 20083×3First round16.2525.71Gilles van den Peereboom
2008Dutch Open 20083×3 blindfoldedFinal4:25.657:00.13Gilles van den Peereboom
2008Dutch Open 20083×3 Fewest MovesFinal35 moves40 movesGilles van den Peereboom
2008Dutch Open 20083×3 one-handedFinal27.7144.52Gilles van den Peereboom

Full careers: Gilles van den Peereboom · Arnaud van Galen. 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.