Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Head to head

Head to head

István Kocza vs Joey Gouly

Two careers, 118 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 Joey Gouly (United Kingdom) have met in 118 rounds across 24 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joey Gouly leads István Kocza: 84 finishes in front to 33 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Joey Gouly holds the faster single in 13, István Kocza in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageJoey Gouly singleaverage
3×314.4619.117.319.75
2×25.3610.091.142.79
4×41:30.441:50.1233.7039.73
5×53:05.063:48.961:14.111:21.78
6×65:47.946:25.472:54.243:05.00
7×78:48.329:24.244:35.414:44.82
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.7336.6252.70
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6734 moves
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1324.2731.50
Clock22.1725.2520.5743.57
Megaminx4:09.914:45.012:56.093:32.27
Pyraminx9.7317.155.059.77
Skewb12.8119.479.7518.24
Square-123.3129.5014.7523.28
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:402 of 2 cubes · 3:58

Year by year

every meeting, 118 rounds in all
20072023busiest year: 35 meetings2007: 82008: 162009: 62010: 352011: 112012: 132013: 82014: 22015: 32016: 12017: 22018: 12019: 22022: 52023: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaJoey Goulyahead
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round21.3811.51Joey Gouly
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:09.931:04.79István Kocza
2023Bishop's Stortford Spring - British Blind Off 20233×3 blindfoldedFinal1:00.9339.61Joey Gouly
2023Bishop's Stortford Spring - British Blind Off 20233×3 blindfoldedSecond round1:05.9252.75Joey Gouly
2023Bishop's Stortford Spring - British Blind Off 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:07.3252.70Joey Gouly
2022Bishop's Stortford Autumn - British Blind Off 20223×3 blindfoldedSecond round58.1053.71Joey Gouly
2022Bishop's Stortford Autumn - British Blind Off 20223×3 blindfoldedFirst round57.8849.29Joey Gouly
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3First round23.8312.16Joey Gouly
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:10.221:12.61István Kocza
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedSecond round1:19.33István Kocza
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round22.9910.29Joey Gouly
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:01.97István Kocza
2018WCA European Championship 20183×3First round23.8911.12Joey Gouly
2017World Rubik's Cube Championship 20173×3First round23.6612.05Joey Gouly

Full careers: István Kocza · Joey Gouly. 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.