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István Kocza vs Sébastien Auroux

Two careers, 208 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 Sébastien Auroux (Germany) have met in 208 rounds across 32 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Sébastien Auroux leads István Kocza: 140 finishes in front to 65 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Sébastien Auroux holds the faster single in 13, István Kocza in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageSébastien Auroux singleaverage
3×314.4619.118.2811.10
2×25.3610.091.072.75
4×41:30.441:50.1238.5343.57
5×53:05.063:48.961:15.011:23.90
6×65:47.946:25.472:27.432:39.59
7×78:48.329:24.243:32.383:52.77
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.731:26.651:44.87
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6720 moves22.00
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1316.4920.91
Clock22.1725.255.317.66
Megaminx4:09.914:45.011:18.421:25.86
Pyraminx9.7317.152.304.29
Skewb12.8119.472.335.23
Square-123.3129.5016.3821.60
4×4 blindfolded5:15.926:01.418:14.56
5×5 blindfolded10:55.0012:31.0039:45.00
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:408 of 9 cubes · 57:34

Year by year

every meeting, 208 rounds in all
20082026busiest year: 41 meetings2008: 62009: 82010: 412011: 332012: 352013: 42014: 122015: 352016: 122017: 62018: 52019: 32021: 32022: 22023: 22026: 1

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaSébastien Aurouxahead
2026Rubik's WCA European Championship 20263×3First round27.1814.75Sébastien Auroux
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round21.3815.32Sébastien Auroux
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal39.6727.00Sébastien Auroux
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3First round23.8314.31Sébastien Auroux
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 Fewest MovesFinal37.6727.33Sébastien Auroux
2021German Side Events 20213×3 blindfoldedFirst round55.733:02.02István Kocza
2021German Side Events 20213×3 Fewest MovesFinal39 moves27.00Sébastien Auroux
2021German Side Events 2021ClockFirst round29.468.57Sébastien Auroux
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round22.9912.64Sébastien Auroux
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3 Fewest MovesFinal42.3329.00Sébastien Auroux
2019FMC 20193×3 Fewest MovesFinal38 moves26.00Sébastien Auroux
2018WCA European Championship 20183×3First round23.8912.77Sébastien Auroux
2018Mental Breakdown Germany 20183×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:06.562:04.13István Kocza
2018Mental Breakdown Germany 20183×3 blindfoldedSecond round1:07.641:52.25István Kocza

Full careers: István Kocza · Sébastien Auroux. 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.