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Kåre Krig vs Joël van Noort

Two careers, 72 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.

Kåre Krig (Sweden) and Joël van Noort (Netherlands) have met in 72 rounds across 11 competitions since 2004. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joël van Noort leads Kåre Krig: 64 finishes in front to 5 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Joël van Noort holds the faster single in 8, Kåre Krig in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKåre Krig singleaverageJoël van Noort singleaverage
3×313.4316.489.7212.13
2×25.278.462.315.69
4×41:10.611:21.8552.6659.35
5×52:49.113:22.011:51.752:04.10
7×713:10.008:34.50
3×3 blindfolded2:20.082:02.41
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves45.6732 moves
3×3 one-handed35.6846.6617.6622.09
Megaminx3:58.874:24.982:11.192:28.29
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 50:474 of 4 cubes · 33:30

Year by year

every meeting, 72 rounds in all
20042014busiest year: 28 meetings2004: 22005: 52006: 162007: 172008: 282009: 22014: 2

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKåre KrigJoël van Noortahead
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3First round18.0313.83Joël van Noort
2014Rubik's Cube European Championships 20143×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:45.634:49.28Kåre Krig
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3First round20.5714.12Joël van Noort
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst round4:36.47Kåre Krig
2008European Championship 20082×2Final13.9610.44Joël van Noort
2008European Championship 20083×3First round18.5513.83Joël van Noort
2008European Championship 20083×3Second round19.3113.91Joël van Noort
2008European Championship 20083×3 blindfoldedFirst roundtie
2008European Championship 20083×3 Multi-Blind (old style)Final2 of 3 cubes · 20:36Joël van Noort
2008European Championship 20083×3 one-handedFirst round55.1328.30Joël van Noort
2008European Championship 20084×4First round1:41.261:23.58Joël van Noort
2008European Championship 20085×5First round3:31.652:21.99Joël van Noort
2008Danish Open 20082×2First round12.337.89Joël van Noort
2008Danish Open 20083×3First round18.1613.98Joël van Noort

Full careers: Kåre Krig · Joël van Noort. 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.