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István Kocza vs Gilles van den Peereboom

Two careers, 58 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 Gilles van den Peereboom (Belgium) have met in 58 rounds across 10 competitions since 2006. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Gilles van den Peereboom leads István Kocza: 48 finishes in front to 10.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, István Kocza holds the faster single in 6, Gilles van den Peereboom in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageGilles van den Peereboom singleaverage
3×314.4619.1112.8614.97
2×25.3610.096.007.66
4×41:30.441:50.121:15.401:28.33
5×53:05.063:48.962:32.212:43.15
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.732:20.15
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6735 moves
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1318.6523.84
Clock22.1725.2511.5612.32
Megaminx4:09.914:45.014:06.254:48.29
Pyraminx9.7317.1519.9630.52
Square-123.3129.5051.941:12.28
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:401 of 2 cubes · 11:40

Year by year

every meeting, 58 rounds in all
20062008busiest year: 31 meetings2006: 222007: 312008: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaGilles van den Peereboomahead
2008Belgian Open 20083×3Second round27.2715.21Gilles van den Peereboom
2008Belgian Open 20083×3First round26.3118.03Gilles van den Peereboom
2008Belgian Open 20083×3 blindfoldedFinal3:51.94István Kocza
2008Belgian Open 20083×3 one-handedFinal1:11.4326.42Gilles van den Peereboom
2008Belgian Open 20084×4Final2:06.051:41.96Gilles van den Peereboom
2007World Rubik's Cube Championship 20073×3First round27.3716.67Gilles van den Peereboom
2007World Rubik's Cube Championship 20073×3 blindfoldedFirst round4:57.212:37.26Gilles van den Peereboom
2007World Rubik's Cube Championship 20073×3 Multi-Blind (old style)Final4 of 5 cubes · 63:491 of 3 cubes · 41:47István Kocza
2007World Rubik's Cube Championship 20073×3 one-handedFirst round1:00.5624.18Gilles van den Peereboom
2007World Rubik's Cube Championship 20074×4First round2:21.561:15.40Gilles van den Peereboom
2007World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007Square-1Final29.501:15.81István Kocza
2007Polish Open 20072×2First round10.567.74Gilles van den Peereboom
2007Polish Open 20073×3First round26.5915.05Gilles van den Peereboom
2007Polish Open 20073×3 blindfoldedFirst round5:43.342:40.15Gilles van den Peereboom

Full careers: István Kocza · Gilles van den Peereboom. 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.