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Mats Valk vs Jack Pan (潘杰康)

Two careers, 61 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 Jack Pan (潘杰康) (China) have met in 61 rounds across 6 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Mats Valk leads Jack Pan (潘杰康): 45 finishes in front to 16.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 10 shared events, Mats Valk holds the faster single in 8, Jack Pan (潘杰康) in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMats Valk singleaverageJack Pan (潘杰康) singleaverage
3×34.746.205.567.84
2×20.561.920.541.35
4×420.3024.1028.3934.10
5×542.3349.411:07.181:11.97
6×61:22.911:36.533:08.223:15.94
3×3 blindfolded1:32.562:07.743:59.04
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.3330 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed9.2312.0218.0322.03
Pyraminx3.605.739.0611.59
Skewb4.848.013.535.40

Year by year

every meeting, 61 rounds in all
20152023busiest year: 21 meetings2015: 152016: 162017: 212019: 52023: 4

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMats ValkJack Pan (潘杰康)ahead
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round2.922.49Jack Pan (潘杰康)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2Second round2.753.09Mats Valk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round6.2011.11Mats Valk
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round28.0240.75Mats Valk
2019WCA World Championship 20192×2Second round2.501.87Jack Pan (潘杰康)
2019WCA World Championship 20192×2First round2.421.66Jack Pan (潘杰康)
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3First round6.658.78Mats Valk
2019WCA World Championship 20193×3Second round7.529.29Mats Valk
2019WCA World Championship 20194×4First round31.2438.50Mats Valk
2017China Championship 20172×2First round2.963.82Mats Valk
2017China Championship 20172×2Final2.902.04Jack Pan (潘杰康)
2017China Championship 20172×2Second round3.022.51Jack Pan (潘杰康)
2017China Championship 20172×2Semi Final2.552.18Jack Pan (潘杰康)
2017China Championship 20173×3First round7.369.48Mats Valk

Full careers: Mats Valk · Jack Pan (潘杰康). 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.