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Joël van Noort vs Dennis Strehlau

Two careers, 40 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.

Joël van Noort (Netherlands) and Dennis Strehlau (Germany) have met in 40 rounds across 7 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joël van Noort leads Dennis Strehlau: 27 finishes in front to 12 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Joël van Noort holds the faster single in 6, Dennis Strehlau in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJoël van Noort singleaverageDennis Strehlau singleaverage
3×39.7212.1311.9913.35
2×22.315.692.475.51
4×452.6659.3554.7659.70
5×51:51.752:04.102:15.052:26.96
3×3 blindfolded2:02.4147.691:07.43
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves53 moves
3×3 one-handed17.6622.0924.1129.34
Megaminx2:11.192:28.291:57.032:00.53
Square-144.121:04.3216.3826.77
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 33:3019 of 20 cubes · 59:04

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20082009busiest year: 31 meetings2008: 312009: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJoël van NoortDennis Strehlauahead
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20092×2First round7.056.64Dennis Strehlau
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3First round14.1219.88Joël van Noort
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:36.53Dennis Strehlau
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20095×5Qualification round2:13.932:16.88Joël van Noort
2009Aachen Open 20092×2Final6.517.53Joël van Noort
2009Aachen Open 20093×3First round14.0421.40Joël van Noort
2009Aachen Open 20093×3Second round14.2520.18Joël van Noort
2009Aachen Open 20093×3 blindfoldedFinal1:38.38Dennis Strehlau
2009Aachen Open 20095×5Final2:21.302:41.78Joël van Noort
2008Dutch Open 20082×2Final6.437.82Joël van Noort
2008Dutch Open 20083×3First round13.4222.74Joël van Noort
2008Dutch Open 20083×3Second round13.3522.08Joël van Noort
2008Dutch Open 20083×3 blindfoldedFinal2:42.161:29.22Dennis Strehlau
2008Dutch Open 20083×3 one-handedFinal29.7235.89Joël van Noort

Full careers: Joël van Noort · Dennis Strehlau. 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.