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Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) vs Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)

Two careers, 110 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.

Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) (Japan) and Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河) (Japan) have met in 110 rounds across 28 competitions since 2011. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河) leads Hideki Niina (新名秀樹): 58 finishes in front to 52.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河) holds the faster single in 8, Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventHideki Niina (新名秀樹) singleaverageRyouga Hayashi (林竜河) singleaverage
3×310.7713.4510.9613.34
2×22.945.282.785.55
4×453.081:00.1951.631:00.14
5×51:45.721:56.421:05.711:11.21
6×63:50.844:10.441:58.382:04.78
7×76:02.776:32.342:48.122:57.77
3×3 blindfolded5:33.313:46.365:51.82
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.6748 moves
3×3 one-handed23.8129.5832.3538.45
Clock22.2824.797.539.13
Megaminx1:36.431:50.751:36.271:44.28
Pyraminx5.226.667.189.29
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 20:561 of 2 cubes · 20:00

Year by year

every meeting, 110 rounds in all
20112016busiest year: 48 meetings2011: 132012: 482013: 182014: 162015: 142016: 1

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundHideki Niina (新名秀樹)Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)ahead
2016Kanto Summer 20163×3Final17.6017.87Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Japan Open 20153×3Second round17.2715.29Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015Japan Open 20153×3First round16.6015.45Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015Japan Open 20155×5First round2:12.641:27.07Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015JRCA Kansai Spring 20153×3Second round16.5314.07Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015JRCA Kansai Spring 20153×3First round15.9415.78Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015Japan Contest Spring 20153×3First round16.6414.01Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015Japan Contest Spring 20153×3Second round15.0116.24Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Japan Contest Spring 20154×4First round1:00.641:00.14Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015Japan Contest Spring 20155×5First round2:07.391:23.40Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015Kansai Open 20153×3Second round16.9917.12Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Kansai Open 20153×3First round15.9217.11Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Kansai Open 20155×5First round2:06.401:24.21Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)
2015Kansai Open 20156×6Final2:43.30Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河)

Full careers: Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) · Ryouga Hayashi (林竜河). 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.