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Joël van Noort vs Jens Diewald

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 Jens Diewald (Germany) have met in 40 rounds across 8 competitions since 2009. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jens Diewald leads Joël van Noort: 20 finishes in front to 18 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 11 shared events, Jens Diewald holds the faster single in 6, Joël van Noort in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJoël van Noort singleaverageJens Diewald singleaverage
3×39.7212.139.7212.40
2×22.315.692.273.96
4×452.6659.3556.151:01.65
5×51:51.752:04.101:49.062:04.28
7×78:34.507:17.567:58.69
3×3 blindfolded2:02.413:25.16
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves30 moves38.00
3×3 one-handed17.6622.0917.9721.67
Megaminx2:11.192:28.291:45.382:01.89
Square-144.121:04.3233.251:06.83
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 33:302 of 2 cubes · 15:40

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20092012busiest year: 14 meetings2009: 142010: 122011: 82012: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJoël van NoortJens Diewaldahead
2012NEMO Amsterdam Open 20123×3First round12.1314.69Joël van Noort
2012NEMO Amsterdam Open 20123×3Final12.9014.62Joël van Noort
2012NEMO Amsterdam Open 20123×3Second round12.7812.40Jens Diewald
2012NEMO Amsterdam Open 20123×3 blindfoldedFinal3:25.16Jens Diewald
2012NEMO Amsterdam Open 20123×3 one-handedFirst round28.3523.51Jens Diewald
2012NEMO Amsterdam Open 20123×3 one-handedFinal24.7722.75Jens Diewald
2011NEMO Amsterdam Open 20113×3First round15.1314.00Jens Diewald
2011NEMO Amsterdam Open 20113×3Second round16.2713.35Jens Diewald
2011NEMO Amsterdam Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round29.7225.74Jens Diewald
2011Aachen Open 20113×3Semi Final12.4014.86Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3First round13.5314.47Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3Second round12.8414.66Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFirst roundtie
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round31.1728.09Jens Diewald

Full careers: Joël van Noort · Jens Diewald. 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.