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Joël van Noort vs Piotr Kózka

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 Piotr Kózka (Poland) have met in 40 rounds across 6 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Piotr Kózka leads Joël van Noort: 27 finishes in front to 11 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Piotr Kózka holds the faster single in 7, Joël van Noort in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJoël van Noort singleaveragePiotr Kózka singleaverage
3×39.7212.138.2110.50
2×22.315.691.343.12
4×452.6659.3536.7844.13
5×51:51.752:04.101:10.491:18.46
7×78:34.504:26.748:51.81
3×3 blindfolded2:02.412:06.83
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves27 moves30.67
3×3 one-handed17.6622.0919.4524.19
Megaminx2:11.192:28.291:20.581:31.93
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 33:303 of 3 cubes · 22:07

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20072011busiest year: 15 meetings2007: 92008: 152010: 122011: 4

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJoël van NoortPiotr Kózkaahead
2011Czech Open 20113×3First round12.9111.63Piotr Kózka
2011Czech Open 20113×3Final13.8811.05Piotr Kózka
2011Czech Open 20113×3Second round12.7111.49Piotr Kózka
2011Czech Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFinal4:05.11Piotr Kózka
2010Czech Open 20102×2Second round8.343.42Piotr Kózka
2010Czech Open 20102×2First round6.333.70Piotr Kózka
2010Czech Open 20103×3Second round14.3414.52Joël van Noort
2010Czech Open 20103×3First round14.0513.82Piotr Kózka
2010Czech Open 20103×3 Fewest MovesFinal32 moves34 movesJoël van Noort
2010Czech Open 20103×3 one-handedFirst round27.9627.83Piotr Kózka
2010Poznan Open 20102×2First round7.175.06Piotr Kózka
2010Poznan Open 20103×3Second round15.8912.97Piotr Kózka
2010Poznan Open 20103×3First round15.7211.90Piotr Kózka
2010Poznan Open 20103×3Final12.6413.47Joël van Noort

Full careers: Joël van Noort · Piotr Kózka. 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.