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Mats Valk vs Andrey Che

Two careers, 64 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.

Mats Valk (Netherlands) and Andrey Che (Russia) have met in 64 rounds across 8 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Mats Valk leads Andrey Che: 37 finishes in front to 27.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Andrey Che holds the faster single in 12, Mats Valk in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMats Valk singleaverageAndrey Che singleaverage
3×34.746.204.345.90
2×20.561.920.771.42
4×420.3024.1019.4023.61
5×542.3349.4141.6147.79
6×61:22.911:36.531:30.301:44.85
7×72:19.632:24.443:12.863:16.41
3×3 blindfolded1:32.562:07.741:01.45
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.3320 moves27.00
3×3 one-handed9.2312.026.298.09
Clock10.5813.664.276.02
Megaminx41.7149.2333.1438.97
Pyraminx3.605.731.412.16
Skewb4.848.012.243.93
Square-110.9014.247.7410.66
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 7:432 of 2 cubes · 13:34

Year by year

every meeting, 64 rounds in all
20162025busiest year: 23 meetings2016: 102018: 172023: 102024: 232025: 4

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMats ValkAndrey Cheahead
2025Rubik's Dutch Nationals 20253×3First round7.727.13Andrey Che
2025Rubik's Dutch Nationals 20253×3Final7.967.50Andrey Che
2025Rubik's Dutch Nationals 20253×3Second round7.507.09Andrey Che
2025Rubik's Dutch Nationals 20253×3Semi Final6.927.00Mats Valk
2024Dutch Nationals 20243×3First round7.206.74Andrey Che
2024Dutch Nationals 20243×3Final7.127.60Mats Valk
2024Dutch Nationals 20243×3Second round7.427.24Andrey Che
2024Dutch Nationals 20243×3Semi Final7.886.81Andrey Che
2024Dutch Nationals 20243×3 one-handedFinal14.0010.31Andrey Che
2024Dutch Nationals 20244×4Final24.1028.32Mats Valk
2024Dutch Nationals 20244×4First round25.8727.31Mats Valk
2024Dutch Nationals 20245×5Final49.4154.02Mats Valk
2024Dutch Nationals 20245×5First round55.5455.71Mats Valk
2024Dutch Nationals 2024MegaminxFinal1:00.5044.54Andrey Che

Full careers: Mats Valk · Andrey Che. 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.