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Joël van Noort vs István Kocza

Two careers, 80 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 István Kocza (Hungary) have met in 80 rounds across 19 competitions since 2006. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joël van Noort leads István Kocza: 67 finishes in front to 13.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 11 shared events, Joël van Noort holds the faster single in 7, István Kocza in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJoël van Noort singleaverageIstván Kocza singleaverage
3×39.7212.1314.4619.11
2×22.315.695.3610.09
4×452.6659.351:30.441:50.12
5×51:51.752:04.103:05.063:48.96
7×78:34.508:48.329:24.24
3×3 blindfolded2:02.4141.9052.73
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves22 moves35.67
3×3 one-handed17.6622.0934.8149.13
Megaminx2:11.192:28.294:09.914:45.01
Square-144.121:04.3223.3129.50
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 33:3017 of 17 cubes · 57:40

Year by year

every meeting, 80 rounds in all
20062014busiest year: 24 meetings2006: 102007: 242008: 222009: 52010: 52011: 82012: 42014: 2

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJoël van NoortIstván Koczaahead
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3First round13.8324.74Joël van Noort
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3 blindfoldedFirst round4:49.281:15.29István Kocza
2012Czech Open 20122×2First round6.7812.79Joël van Noort
2012Czech Open 20123×3First round12.7224.75Joël van Noort
2012Czech Open 20123×3 one-handedFirst round24.881:00.09Joël van Noort
2012Czech Open 20125×5First round2:34.694:11.50Joël van Noort
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20113×3First round13.4021.46Joël van Noort
2011World Rubik's Cube Championship 20113×3 blindfoldedFirst round4:01.051:49.96István Kocza
2011Czech Open 20113×3First round12.9124.70Joël van Noort
2011Czech Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFinal2:50.21István Kocza
2011Czech Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round25.611:12.21Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3First round13.5323.54Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:48.33István Kocza
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round31.1754.60Joël van Noort

Full careers: Joël van Noort · István Kocza. 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.