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István Kocza vs Kai Jiptner

Two careers, 108 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 Kai Jiptner (Germany) have met in 108 rounds across 13 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kai Jiptner leads István Kocza: 83 finishes in front to 24 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Kai Jiptner holds the faster single in 12, István Kocza in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageKai Jiptner singleaverage
3×314.4619.119.9012.74
2×25.3610.092.934.63
4×41:30.441:50.1247.3158.14
5×53:05.063:48.961:48.051:54.10
6×65:47.946:25.474:32.724:53.87
7×78:48.329:24.247:52.008:01.27
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.7341.2157.28
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.67376 moves
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1318.0821.85
Clock22.1725.2513.0514.71
Megaminx4:09.914:45.012:17.962:36.08
Pyraminx9.7317.155.688.06
Square-123.3129.5030.8639.85
4×4 blindfolded5:15.926:01.415:03.355:39.73
5×5 blindfolded10:55.0012:31.0015:22.00
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:4014 of 14 cubes · 50:33

Year by year

every meeting, 108 rounds in all
20072013busiest year: 23 meetings2007: 222008: 162009: 232010: 182011: 232013: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaKai Jiptnerahead
2013World Rubik's Cube Championship 20133×3First round21.8615.76Kai Jiptner
2013World Rubik's Cube Championship 20133×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:18.2753.49Kai Jiptner
2013World Rubik's Cube Championship 20133×3 Multi-BlindFinal14 of 15 cubes · 58:2211 of 16 cubes · 55:20István Kocza
2013World Rubik's Cube Championship 20134×4First round1:52.551:09.95Kai Jiptner
2013World Rubik's Cube Championship 20134×4 blindfoldedFinal9:07.995:39.73Kai Jiptner
2013World Rubik's Cube Championship 20135×5 blindfoldedFinal14:49.0017:36.00István Kocza
2011Czech Open 20112×2First round10.444.75Kai Jiptner
2011Czech Open 20113×3First round24.7014.06Kai Jiptner
2011Czech Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFinal2:50.211:16.16Kai Jiptner
2011Czech Open 20113×3 Multi-BlindFinal10 of 10 cubes · 58:4713 of 18 cubes · 57:44István Kocza
2011Czech Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round1:12.2137.72Kai Jiptner
2011Czech Open 20114×4First round2:00.661:05.10Kai Jiptner
2011Czech Open 20114×4 blindfoldedFinal9:14.035:19.61Kai Jiptner
2011Czech Open 20115×5First round4:07.502:08.70Kai Jiptner

Full careers: István Kocza · Kai Jiptner. 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.