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Laura Holzhauer vs Malte Ihlefeld

Two careers, 1,129 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.

Laura Holzhauer (Germany) and Malte Ihlefeld (Germany) have met in 1,129 rounds across 64 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Laura Holzhauer leads Malte Ihlefeld: 658 finishes in front to 466 and 5 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Malte Ihlefeld holds the faster single in 10, Laura Holzhauer in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventLaura Holzhauer singleaverageMalte Ihlefeld singleaverage
3×37.128.906.588.98
2×21.133.191.743.31
4×424.4930.4427.6333.32
5×549.0156.8051.1658.14
6×61:33.241:40.071:37.391:46.16
7×72:24.702:35.212:20.492:33.70
3×3 blindfolded1:03.961:33.6150.691:12.90
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves38.3321 moves24.00
3×3 one-handed11.1014.6512.3315.56
Clock5.045.983.915.02
Megaminx39.9247.9836.5743.41
Pyraminx2.534.661.773.12
Skewb2.564.322.814.72
Square-112.0014.147.7510.04
4×4 blindfolded9:42.118:07.83
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 14:057 of 7 cubes · 39:42

Year by year

every meeting, 1,129 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 215 meetings2016: 382017: 1592018: 2152019: 1482020: 222021: 122022: 1192023: 1722024: 1002025: 1042026: 40

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundLaura HolzhauerMalte Ihlefeldahead
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20263×3First round10.1311.53Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20263×3Semi Final11.3911.42Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20263×3Second round9.989.73Malte Ihlefeld
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20263×3 one-handedSecond round18.5417.92Malte Ihlefeld
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.7020.19Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20264×4First round32.5040.68Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20264×4Second round32.4536.20Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20265×5First round1:03.201:04.93Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20266×6First round1:53.452:01.52Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 20267×7First round2:50.162:58.69Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 2026ClockFirst round9.196.36Malte Ihlefeld
2026Rubik's German Nationals 2026MegaminxFinal53.9051.02Malte Ihlefeld
2026Rubik's German Nationals 2026MegaminxFirst round51.1852.32Laura Holzhauer
2026Rubik's German Nationals 2026PyraminxFirst round6.384.58Malte Ihlefeld

Full careers: Laura Holzhauer · Malte Ihlefeld. 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.