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István Kocza vs Norbert Héjja

Two careers, 78 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 Norbert Héjja (Hungary) have met in 78 rounds across 14 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Norbert Héjja leads István Kocza: 53 finishes in front to 23 and 2 ties.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageNorbert Héjja singleaverage
3×314.4619.119.2811.10
2×25.3610.093.165.28
4×41:30.441:50.1233.4938.86
5×53:05.063:48.961:04.691:08.82
6×65:47.946:25.472:13.852:22.16
7×78:48.329:24.243:09.763:23.17
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.731:29.432:02.55
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6741 moves
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1317.1222.31
Clock22.1725.2516.6519.43
Megaminx4:09.914:45.012:16.332:39.87
Pyraminx9.7317.156.248.46
Square-123.3129.5031.5840.88
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:403 of 3 cubes · 19:27

Year by year

every meeting, 78 rounds in all
20082023busiest year: 37 meetings2008: 102009: 372010: 212011: 22012: 12016: 12023: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaNorbert Héjjaahead
2023Hungarian Open 20232×2First round10.846.34Norbert Héjja
2023Hungarian Open 20233×3First round23.6211.16Norbert Héjja
2023Hungarian Open 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round59.32István Kocza
2023Hungarian Open 20233×3 one-handedFirst round38.1522.39Norbert Héjja
2023Hungarian Open 20234×4First round38.86Norbert Héjja
2023Hungarian Open 2023PyraminxFirst round19.408.46Norbert Héjja
2016Hungarian Nationals 20163×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:03.342:18.44István Kocza
2012Hungarian Open 20123×3 blindfoldedFinal1:29.03István Kocza
2011Hungarian Open 20113×3First round23.7412.64Norbert Héjja
2011Hungarian Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round1:08.5826.25Norbert Héjja
2010European Rubik's Cube Championship 20103×3First round23.0414.01Norbert Héjja
2010European Rubik's Cube Championship 20103×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:18.141:58.00István Kocza
2010European Rubik's Cube Championship 20103×3 Multi-BlindFinal9 of 9 cubes · 56:16István Kocza
2010Hungarian Open 20102×2First round13.616.65Norbert Héjja

Full careers: István Kocza · Norbert Héjja. 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.