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Joël van Noort vs Kai Jiptner

Two careers, 57 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 Kai Jiptner (Germany) have met in 57 rounds across 11 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joël van Noort leads Kai Jiptner: 37 finishes in front to 20.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 11 shared events, Kai Jiptner holds the faster single in 6, Joël van Noort in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJoël van Noort singleaverageKai Jiptner singleaverage
3×39.7212.139.9012.74
2×22.315.692.934.63
4×452.6659.3547.3158.14
5×51:51.752:04.101:48.051:54.10
7×78:34.507:52.008:01.27
3×3 blindfolded2:02.4141.2157.28
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves376 moves
3×3 one-handed17.6622.0918.0821.85
Megaminx2:11.192:28.292:17.962:36.08
Square-144.121:04.3230.8639.85
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 33:3014 of 14 cubes · 50:33

Year by year

every meeting, 57 rounds in all
20072011busiest year: 17 meetings2007: 172008: 102009: 132010: 82011: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJoël van NoortKai Jiptnerahead
2011Czech Open 20113×3First round12.9114.06Joël van Noort
2011Czech Open 20113×3Second round12.7113.64Joël van Noort
2011Czech Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFinal1:16.16Kai Jiptner
2011Czech Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round25.6137.72Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3Semi Final12.4013.76Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3First round13.5314.52Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3Second round12.8413.77Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:10.40Kai Jiptner
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round31.1737.81Joël van Noort
2010Düsseldorf Open 20103×3 blindfoldedFinal4:58.061:23.27Kai Jiptner
2010German Open 20102×2Final5.956.02Joël van Noort
2010German Open 20103×3Second round15.0316.06Joël van Noort
2010German Open 20103×3First round14.0013.99Kai Jiptner
2010German Open 20103×3 blindfoldedFinal4:11.911:33.00Kai Jiptner

Full careers: Joël van Noort · Kai Jiptner. 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.