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István Kocza vs Lars Vennike Nielsson

Two careers, 42 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 Lars Vennike Nielsson (Denmark) have met in 42 rounds across 8 competitions since 2009. Counting every round where both finished with a result, István Kocza leads Lars Vennike Nielsson: 20 finishes in front to 18 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Lars Vennike Nielsson holds the faster single in 12, István Kocza in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageLars Vennike Nielsson singleaverage
3×314.4619.118.8611.24
2×25.3610.091.963.51
4×41:30.441:50.1243.2252.27
5×53:05.063:48.961:43.551:52.88
6×65:47.946:25.473:37.223:48.87
7×78:48.329:24.245:41.465:48.81
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.731:24.022:38.12
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6725 moves27.67
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1312.2416.87
Clock22.1725.2511.3113.15
Megaminx4:09.914:45.011:32.621:43.53
Pyraminx9.7317.156.168.37
Skewb12.8119.477.0710.55
Square-123.3129.5023.2632.91
4×4 blindfolded5:15.926:01.417:47.63
5×5 blindfolded10:55.0012:31.0014:44.00
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:405 of 6 cubes · 42:19

Year by year

every meeting, 42 rounds in all
20092022busiest year: 11 meetings2009: 112010: 62012: 52013: 112014: 22016: 52022: 2

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaLars Vennike Nielssonahead
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3First round23.8313.90Lars Vennike Nielsson
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:10.22István Kocza
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20163×3First round21.8413.94Lars Vennike Nielsson
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20163×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:07.921:47.09István Kocza
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20164×4 blindfoldedFinal5:23.59István Kocza
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20165×5 blindfoldedFinaltie
2016FMC Europe 20163×3 Fewest MovesFinal40.0030 movesIstván Kocza
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3First round24.7415.23Lars Vennike Nielsson
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:15.292:16.37István Kocza
2013Danish Open 20133×3First round27.4615.26Lars Vennike Nielsson
2013Danish Open 20133×3Final22.9014.18Lars Vennike Nielsson
2013Danish Open 20133×3Second round19.4814.43Lars Vennike Nielsson
2013Danish Open 20133×3 blindfoldedFinal1:37.241:46.77István Kocza
2013Danish Open 20133×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:10.331:48.96István Kocza

Full careers: István Kocza · Lars Vennike Nielsson. 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.