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Nikhil Soares vs Mohammed Aiman Koli

Two careers, 457 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.

Nikhil Soares (India) and Mohammed Aiman Koli (India) have met in 457 rounds across 32 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Nikhil Soares leads Mohammed Aiman Koli: 322 finishes in front to 134 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Nikhil Soares holds the faster single in 12, Mohammed Aiman Koli in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNikhil Soares singleaverageMohammed Aiman Koli singleaverage
3×35.366.636.518.44
2×20.661.831.472.30
4×426.6730.3629.9733.30
5×553.9359.191:03.361:09.00
6×61:45.091:53.362:15.032:19.39
7×72:56.902:57.523:45.513:52.94
3×3 blindfolded48.0159.3623.0129.02
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves27.6725 moves31.67
3×3 one-handed9.5813.5711.7213.75
Clock6.928.7510.5912.00
Megaminx27.1629.5051.671:02.89
Pyraminx1.652.971.993.05
Skewb1.703.673.715.59
Square-19.2811.8413.2214.04
4×4 blindfolded8:00.352:31.213:14.30
5×5 blindfolded34:07.009:48.86
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 56:4237 of 40 cubes · 58:35

Year by year

every meeting, 457 rounds in all
20172022busiest year: 150 meetings2017: 982018: 1502019: 1402020: 322022: 37

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNikhil SoaresMohammed Aiman Koliahead
2022Mumbai Winter Open 20222×2First round2.933.41Nikhil Soares
2022Mumbai Winter Open 20223×3Final8.118.44Nikhil Soares
2022Mumbai Winter Open 20223×3First round8.448.58Nikhil Soares
2022Mumbai Winter Open 20223×3 one-handedFinal16.9215.20Mohammed Aiman Koli
2022Mumbai Winter Open 20223×3 one-handedFirst round15.5314.31Mohammed Aiman Koli
2022Mumbai Winter Open 20224×4Final34.1636.29Nikhil Soares
2022Mumbai Winter Open 2022PyraminxFinal4.244.72Nikhil Soares
2022Mumbai Winter Open 2022PyraminxFirst round3.363.56Nikhil Soares
2022Phoenix Cube Challenge 20222×2Second round3.683.20Mohammed Aiman Koli
2022Phoenix Cube Challenge 20222×2First round1.832.30Nikhil Soares
2022Phoenix Cube Challenge 20222×2Final3.073.86Nikhil Soares
2022Phoenix Cube Challenge 20223×3First round8.738.91Nikhil Soares
2022Phoenix Cube Challenge 20223×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:59.6725.16Mohammed Aiman Koli
2022Phoenix Cube Challenge 20223×3 blindfoldedFinal2:07.6323.01Mohammed Aiman Koli

Full careers: Nikhil Soares · Mohammed Aiman Koli. 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.