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Joey Gouly vs Lars Vennike Nielsson

Two careers, 53 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.

Joey Gouly (United Kingdom) and Lars Vennike Nielsson (Denmark) have met in 53 rounds across 8 competitions since 2010. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joey Gouly leads Lars Vennike Nielsson: 42 finishes in front to 10 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Joey Gouly holds the faster single in 9, Lars Vennike Nielsson in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJoey Gouly singleaverageLars Vennike Nielsson singleaverage
3×37.319.758.8611.24
2×21.142.791.963.51
4×433.7039.7343.2252.27
5×51:14.111:21.781:43.551:52.88
6×62:54.243:05.003:37.223:48.87
7×74:35.414:44.825:41.465:48.81
3×3 blindfolded36.6252.701:24.022:38.12
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves25 moves27.67
3×3 one-handed24.2731.5012.2416.87
Clock20.5743.5711.3113.15
Megaminx2:56.093:32.271:32.621:43.53
Pyraminx5.059.776.168.37
Skewb9.7518.247.0710.55
Square-114.7523.2823.2632.91
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 3:585 of 6 cubes · 42:19

Year by year

every meeting, 53 rounds in all
20102022busiest year: 16 meetings2010: 162011: 152012: 72014: 62016: 32019: 32022: 3

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJoey GoulyLars Vennike Nielssonahead
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3First round12.1613.90Joey Gouly
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3Second round12.5613.67Joey Gouly
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:12.61Joey Gouly
2019Denmark & Friends 20193×3First round15.1218.91Joey Gouly
2019Denmark & Friends 20194×4First round42.881:09.51Joey Gouly
2019Denmark & Friends 20195×5First round1:34.851:54.37Joey Gouly
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20162×2First round4.906.94Joey Gouly
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20163×3First round11.2913.94Joey Gouly
2016European Rubik's Cube Championship 20164×4First round44.641:00.65Joey Gouly
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20142×2First round4.516.31Joey Gouly
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3Second round13.0414.73Joey Gouly
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3First round13.1115.23Joey Gouly
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:16.37Lars Vennike Nielsson
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20144×4First round47.391:09.55Joey Gouly

Full careers: Joey Gouly · Lars Vennike Nielsson. 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.