Head to head
Mats Valk vs Patrick Ponce
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 Patrick Ponce (United States) have met in 161 rounds across 13 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Patrick Ponce leads Mats Valk: 126 finishes in front to 35.
On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Patrick Ponce holds the faster single in 12, Mats Valk in 3.
Personal bests, side by side
faster single in bold| Event | Mats Valk single | average | Patrick Ponce single | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 4.74 | 6.20 | 4.17 | 5.54 |
| 2×2 | 0.56 | 1.92 | 0.87 | 1.68 |
| 4×4 | 20.30 | 24.10 | 18.06 | 21.51 |
| 5×5 | 42.33 | 49.41 | 37.90 | 41.49 |
| 6×6 | 1:22.91 | 1:36.53 | 1:11.74 | 1:18.95 |
| 7×7 | 2:19.63 | 2:24.44 | 2:05.60 | 2:11.20 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:32.56 | 2:07.74 | 40.82 | 49.73 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 24 moves | 27.33 | 30 moves | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.23 | 12.02 | 5.62 | 8.65 |
| Clock | 10.58 | 13.66 | 7.64 | 8.77 |
| Megaminx | 41.71 | 49.23 | 31.06 | 35.40 |
| Pyraminx | 3.60 | 5.73 | 4.20 | 6.63 |
| Skewb | 4.84 | 8.01 | 2.69 | 8.34 |
| Square-1 | 10.90 | 14.24 | 5.49 | 7.30 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 1 of 2 cubes · 7:43 | — | 5 of 5 cubes · 22:55 | — |
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 | Patrick Ponce | ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | 3×3 | Final | 7.96 | 6.62 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2025 | Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | 3×3 | Semi Final | 6.92 | 5.74 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2025 | Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | 3×3 | Second round | 7.50 | 6.98 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2025 | Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | 3×3 | First round | 7.72 | 6.69 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 3×3 | Semi Final | 7.88 | 6.33 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 3×3 | Second round | 7.42 | 5.90 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 3×3 | First round | 7.20 | 6.62 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 3×3 | Final | 7.12 | 6.30 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 3×3 one-handed | Final | 14.00 | 8.86 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 4×4 | First round | 25.87 | 24.47 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 4×4 | Final | 24.10 | 22.38 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 5×5 | First round | 55.54 | 41.89 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 5×5 | Final | 49.41 | 46.76 | Patrick Ponce |
| 2024 | Dutch Nationals 2024 | 6×6 | Final | 1:43.25 | 1:22.74 | Patrick Ponce |
Full careers: Mats Valk · Patrick Ponce. 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.