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István Kocza vs Dennis Strehlau

Two careers, 50 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 Dennis Strehlau (Germany) have met in 50 rounds across 8 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Dennis Strehlau leads István Kocza: 35 finishes in front to 15.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageDennis Strehlau singleaverage
3×314.4619.1111.9913.35
2×25.3610.092.475.51
4×41:30.441:50.1254.7659.70
5×53:05.063:48.962:15.052:26.96
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.7347.691:07.43
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6753 moves
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1324.1129.34
Clock22.1725.256.228.54
Megaminx4:09.914:45.011:57.032:00.53
Pyraminx9.7317.156.599.90
Square-123.3129.5016.3826.77
4×4 blindfolded5:15.926:01.416:02.97
5×5 blindfolded10:55.0012:31.0011:56.00
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:4019 of 20 cubes · 59:04

Year by year

every meeting, 50 rounds in all
20082016busiest year: 28 meetings2008: 282009: 82011: 32016: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaDennis Strehlauahead
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20163×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:07.9250.09Dennis Strehlau
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20163×3 Multi-BlindFinal16 of 17 cubes · 57:4519 of 22 cubes · 53:33Dennis Strehlau
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20165×5 blindfoldedFinal11:56.00Dennis Strehlau
2016German Open 20163×3First round22.1614.34Dennis Strehlau
2016German Open 20163×3Second round24.1615.51Dennis Strehlau
2016German Open 20163×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:08.471:07.43István Kocza
2016German Open 20163×3 blindfoldedFinal1:20.181:03.50Dennis Strehlau
2016German Open 20163×3 Multi-BlindFinal11 of 17 cubes · 1:00:0019 of 20 cubes · 59:04Dennis Strehlau
2016German Open 20164×4 blindfoldedFinal6:37.476:27.34István Kocza
2016German Open 20165×5First round3:46.582:26.96Dennis Strehlau
2016German Open 20165×5 blindfoldedFinal14:02.0013:21.00Dennis Strehlau
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 Multi-BlindFinal9 of 9 cubes · 55:2613 of 16 cubes · 59:07Dennis Strehlau
2011Aachen Open 20114×4 blindfoldedFinal11:25.0011:35.00István Kocza
2011Aachen Open 20115×5 blindfoldedFinal19:13.0019:29.00István Kocza

Full careers: István Kocza · Dennis Strehlau. 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.