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Nicolas Gertner Kilian vs Jinseo Hong

Two careers, 41 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.

Nicolas Gertner Kilian (France) and Jinseo Hong (Republic of Korea) have met in 41 rounds across 3 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jinseo Hong leads Nicolas Gertner Kilian: 22 finishes in front to 19.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Nicolas Gertner Kilian holds the faster single in 7, Jinseo Hong in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNicolas Gertner Kilian singleaverageJinseo Hong singleaverage
3×35.056.786.037.43
2×20.861.971.322.62
4×425.4631.8021.8527.41
5×552.261:04.9343.2648.72
6×61:58.472:11.291:25.071:33.31
7×73:29.133:43.592:35.362:48.90
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves21.3336 moves43.33
3×3 one-handed8.3210.5410.9012.26
Clock5.346.656.628.85
Megaminx45.4155.6551.0957.39
Pyraminx2.153.891.502.36
Skewb1.643.571.793.65
Square-111.0316.468.8413.03

Year by year

every meeting, 41 rounds in all
20182023busiest year: 17 meetings2018: 132022: 172023: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNicolas Gertner KilianJinseo Hongahead
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round3.134.11Nicolas Gertner Kilian
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round8.638.46Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round7.957.80Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round12.5713.92Nicolas Gertner Kilian
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedSecond round13.5712.49Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round35.6129.00Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5First round1:18.2050.92Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023ClockFirst round8.789.77Nicolas Gertner Kilian
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023MegaminxFirst round1:06.901:06.15Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023PyraminxFirst round6.933.29Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023SkewbFirst round5.764.99Jinseo Hong
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20222×2First round2.873.36Nicolas Gertner Kilian
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20222×2Second round2.314.88Nicolas Gertner Kilian
2022Rubik's WCA European Championship 20223×3Semi Final8.168.17Nicolas Gertner Kilian

Full careers: Nicolas Gertner Kilian · Jinseo Hong. 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.