Head to head
Mats Valk vs Ciarán Beahan
Two careers, 161 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 Ciarán Beahan (Ireland) have met in 161 rounds across 12 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ciarán Beahan leads Mats Valk: 98 finishes in front to 63.
On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Ciarán Beahan holds the faster single in 10, Mats Valk in 5.
Personal bests, side by side
faster single in bold| Event | Mats Valk single | average | Ciarán Beahan single | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 4.74 | 6.20 | 4.33 | 6.40 |
| 2×2 | 0.56 | 1.92 | 1.04 | 2.61 |
| 4×4 | 20.30 | 24.10 | 18.88 | 22.03 |
| 5×5 | 42.33 | 49.41 | 33.20 | 40.17 |
| 6×6 | 1:22.91 | 1:36.53 | 1:06.19 | 1:09.67 |
| 7×7 | 2:19.63 | 2:24.44 | 1:40.13 | 1:45.28 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:32.56 | 2:07.74 | 1:03.39 | 1:37.20 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 24 moves | 27.33 | 32 moves | 35.67 |
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.23 | 12.02 | 9.40 | 11.65 |
| Clock | 10.58 | 13.66 | 11.31 | 13.85 |
| Megaminx | 41.71 | 49.23 | 48.88 | 54.53 |
| Pyraminx | 3.60 | 5.73 | 2.18 | 3.44 |
| Skewb | 4.84 | 8.01 | 3.16 | 4.86 |
| Square-1 | 10.90 | 14.24 | 9.24 | 10.80 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 1 of 2 cubes · 7:43 | — | 5 of 5 cubes · 32:03 | — |
Year by year
every meeting, 161 rounds in allRecent meetings
newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise| Year | Competition | Event | Round | Mats Valk | Ciarán Beahan | ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | 3×3 | Final | 7.96 | 6.98 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2025 | Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | 3×3 | Semi Final | 6.92 | 6.75 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2025 | Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | 3×3 | Second round | 7.50 | 6.69 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2025 | Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | 3×3 | First round | 7.72 | 7.32 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 3×3 | Second round | 7.53 | 7.50 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 3×3 | First round | 7.72 | 7.03 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 3×3 | Semi Final | 7.89 | 7.13 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 4×4 | First round | 26.06 | 24.69 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 4×4 | Final | 28.41 | 27.33 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 4×4 | Second round | 28.01 | 26.55 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 5×5 | First round | 52.14 | 41.78 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 5×5 | Second round | 53.18 | 43.84 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 6×6 | First round | 1:40.88 | 1:16.94 | Ciarán Beahan |
| 2024 | Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | 7×7 | First round | 2:28.41 | 1:57.62 | Ciarán Beahan |
Full careers: Mats Valk · Ciarán Beahan. 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.