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Kai Jiptner vs Sébastien Auroux

Two careers, 275 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.

Kai Jiptner (Germany) and Sébastien Auroux (Germany) have met in 275 rounds across 24 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kai Jiptner leads Sébastien Auroux: 164 finishes in front to 108 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Sébastien Auroux holds the faster single in 12, Kai Jiptner in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKai Jiptner singleaverageSébastien Auroux singleaverage
3×39.9012.748.2811.10
2×22.934.631.072.75
4×447.3158.1438.5343.57
5×51:48.051:54.101:15.011:23.90
6×64:32.724:53.872:27.432:39.59
7×77:52.008:01.273:32.383:52.77
3×3 blindfolded41.2157.281:26.651:44.87
3×3 Fewest Moves376 moves20 moves22.00
3×3 one-handed18.0821.8516.4920.91
Clock13.0514.715.317.66
Megaminx2:17.962:36.081:18.421:25.86
Pyraminx5.688.062.304.29
Square-130.8639.8516.3821.60
4×4 blindfolded5:03.355:39.738:14.56
5×5 blindfolded15:22.0039:45.00
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 14 cubes · 50:338 of 9 cubes · 57:34

Year by year

every meeting, 275 rounds in all
20082015busiest year: 65 meetings2008: 132009: 502010: 652011: 612012: 402013: 352015: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKai JiptnerSébastien Aurouxahead
2015Erfurt Open 20152×2Final5.374.13Sébastien Auroux
2015Erfurt Open 20152×2First round6.283.56Sébastien Auroux
2015Erfurt Open 20153×3First round12.7413.31Kai Jiptner
2015Erfurt Open 20153×3Final13.7914.13Kai Jiptner
2015Erfurt Open 20153×3 blindfoldedFinal50.661:48.30Kai Jiptner
2015Erfurt Open 20153×3 blindfoldedFirst round59.112:09.63Kai Jiptner
2015Erfurt Open 20153×3 one-handedFirst round21.8526.83Kai Jiptner
2015Erfurt Open 20153×3 one-handedFinal22.0025.12Kai Jiptner
2015Erfurt Open 20153×3 one-handedSecond round23.3524.53Kai Jiptner
2015Erfurt Open 20154×4First round1:01.2750.87Sébastien Auroux
2015Erfurt Open 20154×4Second round58.1449.74Sébastien Auroux
2013German Nationals 20133×3First round14.2214.35Kai Jiptner
2013German Nationals 20133×3Second round13.0214.92Kai Jiptner
2013German Nationals 20133×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:13.131:40.90Kai Jiptner

Full careers: Kai Jiptner · Sébastien Auroux. 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.