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Kou Oobatake (大畠功) vs Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)

Two careers, 114 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.

Kou Oobatake (大畠功) (Japan) and Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) (Japan) have met in 114 rounds across 44 competitions since 2011. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) leads Kou Oobatake (大畠功): 83 finishes in front to 29 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) holds the faster single in 10, Kou Oobatake (大畠功) in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKou Oobatake (大畠功) singleaverageHideki Niina (新名秀樹) singleaverage
3×313.0515.2310.7713.45
2×22.696.032.945.28
4×41:02.551:16.0953.081:00.19
5×51:56.562:16.351:45.721:56.42
6×65:34.695:41.643:50.844:10.44
7×78:00.558:20.406:02.776:32.34
3×3 blindfolded55.901:27.535:33.31
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves34.6726 moves29.67
3×3 one-handed24.1828.6923.8129.58
Clock13.4415.2722.2824.79
Megaminx2:46.183:03.671:36.431:50.75
Pyraminx10.8813.115.226.66
Skewb11.5817.643.555.27
Square-18.9111.6842.2257.38
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 59:272 of 3 cubes · 20:56

Year by year

every meeting, 114 rounds in all
20112016busiest year: 53 meetings2011: 82012: 532013: 222014: 162015: 142016: 1

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKou Oobatake (大畠功)Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)ahead
2016JRCA Kansai Spring 20163×3First round24.6716.89Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015JRCA Kansai Fall 20153×3Second round25.9016.69Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015JRCA Kansai Fall 20153×3First round22.6018.55Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015JRCA Kansai Fall 20153×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:32.52Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
2015Japan Open 20153×3First round21.3116.60Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Cube Camp in Kanazawa 20153×3First round22.4116.41Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015JRCA Kansai Summer 20153×3First round24.5815.30Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Kawasaki Summer 20153×3Final25.4117.57Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015JRCA Kansai Spring 20153×3First round30.4015.94Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Kansai Open 20153×3First round26.1715.92Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Tokyo Pyraminx Open 20153×3First round32.7417.58Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2015Waseda Brain Challenge 20153×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:27.58Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
2015Waseda Brain Challenge 20153×3 Fewest MovesFinaltie
2015JRCA Kansai Winter 20153×3First round29.6017.81Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)

Full careers: Kou Oobatake (大畠功) · Hideki Niina (新名秀樹). 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.