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István Kocza vs Arnaud van Galen

Two careers, 205 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.

István Kocza (Hungary) and Arnaud van Galen (Netherlands) have met in 205 rounds across 26 competitions since 2006. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Arnaud van Galen leads István Kocza: 135 finishes in front to 66 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Arnaud van Galen holds the faster single in 12, István Kocza in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageArnaud van Galen singleaverage
3×314.4619.1112.5617.92
2×25.3610.091.685.33
4×41:30.441:50.1254.3159.91
5×53:05.063:48.961:32.361:52.35
6×65:47.946:25.473:09.953:26.86
7×78:48.329:24.245:00.955:19.94
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.733:03.223:48.97
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6726 moves
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1323.6530.94
Clock22.1725.259.2813.51
Megaminx4:09.914:45.012:15.492:25.31
Pyraminx9.7317.154.849.39
Skewb12.8119.4711.0816.03
Square-123.3129.5012.5649.40
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:403 of 3 cubes · 24:47

Year by year

every meeting, 205 rounds in all
20062018busiest year: 49 meetings2006: 52007: 412008: 492009: 332010: 242011: 32012: 372014: 52018: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaArnaud van Galenahead
2018WCA European Championship 20183×3First round23.8921.62Arnaud van Galen
2018Liechtenstein Open 20183×3First round24.3321.11Arnaud van Galen
2018Liechtenstein Open 20183×3 blindfoldedFinal53.984:32.11István Kocza
2018Liechtenstein Open 20183×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:04.467:33.33István Kocza
2018Liechtenstein Open 20183×3 one-handedFirst round56.6338.83Arnaud van Galen
2018Liechtenstein Open 20184×4First round1:52.281:11.22Arnaud van Galen
2018Liechtenstein Open 20185×5First round3:28.002:08.71Arnaud van Galen
2018Liechtenstein Open 2018PyraminxFirst round21.5312.98Arnaud van Galen
2014N8W8 Summer 20143×3First round21.5120.51Arnaud van Galen
2014N8W8 Summer 20143×3Second round21.4118.89Arnaud van Galen
2014N8W8 Summer 20143×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:25.69István Kocza
2014N8W8 Summer 20144×4First round1:09.86Arnaud van Galen
2014N8W8 Summer 20145×5First round2:03.02Arnaud van Galen
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3First round22.9918.60Arnaud van Galen

Full careers: István Kocza · 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.