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István Kocza vs Balázs Bernát

Two careers, 156 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 Balázs Bernát (Hungary) have met in 156 rounds across 23 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Balázs Bernát leads István Kocza: 107 finishes in front to 47 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Balázs Bernát holds the faster single in 10, István Kocza in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageBalázs Bernát singleaverage
3×314.4619.118.8710.43
2×25.3610.092.233.40
4×41:30.441:50.1237.2944.37
5×53:05.063:48.961:05.751:16.00
6×65:47.946:25.472:43.252:53.71
7×78:48.329:24.243:58.334:11.22
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.731:14.591:28.07
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6730 moves33.33
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1314.2517.30
Clock22.1725.2516.5918.53
Megaminx4:09.914:45.011:27.941:34.44
Pyraminx9.7317.154.137.15
Square-123.3129.5025.8434.74
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:405 of 5 cubes · 25:32

Year by year

every meeting, 156 rounds in all
20082023busiest year: 38 meetings2008: 202009: 282010: 382011: 62012: 52013: 92014: 102015: 212016: 112017: 22018: 12023: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaBalázs Bernátahead
2023Hungarian Open 20232×2First round10.845.12Balázs Bernát
2023Hungarian Open 20233×3First round23.6212.45Balázs Bernát
2023Hungarian Open 20233×3 one-handedFirst round38.1520.22Balázs Bernát
2023Hungarian Open 20234×4First round49.62Balázs Bernát
2023Hungarian Open 2023PyraminxFirst round19.409.78Balázs Bernát
2018Hungarian Open 20183×3 blindfoldedFirst round59.392:36.17István Kocza
2017Hungarian Open 20173×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:09.561:39.46István Kocza
2017Hungarian Open 20173×3 blindfoldedFinal59.521:39.76István Kocza
2016Hungarian Open 20162×2First round12.054.43Balázs Bernát
2016Hungarian Open 20163×3First round27.6512.56Balázs Bernát
2016Hungarian Open 20163×3 blindfoldedFinal1:06.351:49.25István Kocza
2016Hungarian Open 20163×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:03.861:34.29István Kocza
2016Hungarian Open 20163×3 Multi-BlindFinal12 of 17 cubes · 1:00:004 of 5 cubes · 37:15István Kocza
2016Hungarian Open 20163×3 one-handedFirst round50.9620.31Balázs Bernát

Full careers: István Kocza · Balázs Bernát. 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.