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Mats Valk vs Jan Zych

Two careers, 63 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 Jan Zych (Poland) have met in 63 rounds across 7 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Mats Valk leads Jan Zych: 43 finishes in front to 20.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Mats Valk holds the faster single in 9, Jan Zych in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMats Valk singleaverageJan Zych singleaverage
3×34.746.205.656.97
2×20.561.920.601.75
4×420.3024.1026.0332.69
5×542.3349.4154.461:01.57
6×61:22.911:36.532:04.442:10.48
7×72:19.632:24.443:23.783:43.27
3×3 blindfolded1:32.562:07.741:51.663:36.69
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.3321 moves24.00
3×3 one-handed9.2312.0210.6113.12
Clock10.5813.6611.9814.60
Megaminx41.7149.2326.3630.90
Pyraminx3.605.732.773.87
Skewb4.848.011.252.94
Square-110.9014.248.0512.58

Year by year

every meeting, 63 rounds in all
20162024busiest year: 14 meetings2016: 122017: 112018: 142019: 122022: 62024: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMats ValkJan Zychahead
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3First round7.727.65Jan Zych
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3Second round7.538.03Mats Valk
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3Semi Final7.898.96Mats Valk
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20244×4First round26.0637.86Mats Valk
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20245×5First round52.141:01.57Mats Valk
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20245×5Second round53.181:03.08Mats Valk
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20246×6First round1:40.882:10.48Mats Valk
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024MegaminxFirst round1:02.0135.32Jan Zych
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3Semi Final8.158.92Mats Valk
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3First round7.347.95Mats Valk
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3Second round6.947.86Mats Valk
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20224×4First round27.4737.56Mats Valk
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022MegaminxFirst round54.1135.65Jan Zych
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022MegaminxSecond round55.5435.26Jan Zych

Full careers: Mats Valk · Jan Zych. 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.