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Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) vs Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)

Two careers, 400 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.

Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) (Japan) and Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) (Japan) have met in 400 rounds across 76 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) leads Hideki Niina (新名秀樹): 324 finishes in front to 69 and 7 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) holds the faster single in 11, Hideki Niina (新名秀樹) in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNobuaki Suga (菅信昭) singleaverageHideki Niina (新名秀樹) singleaverage
3×38.7211.0810.7713.45
2×22.404.402.945.28
4×442.2247.4653.081:00.19
5×51:24.971:36.111:45.721:56.42
6×63:23.803:38.133:50.844:10.44
7×75:00.715:12.176:02.776:32.34
3×3 blindfolded3:27.055:33.31
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves39.6726 moves29.67
3×3 one-handed14.7218.2823.8129.58
Clock15.3018.1122.2824.79
Megaminx1:24.141:39.611:36.431:50.75
Pyraminx2.416.045.226.66
Skewb3.726.423.555.27
Square-151.3857.6642.2257.38
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 9:442 of 3 cubes · 20:56

Year by year

every meeting, 400 rounds in all
20082016busiest year: 118 meetings2008: 32009: 62010: 302011: 462012: 1182013: 792014: 582015: 382016: 22

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNobuaki Suga (菅信昭)Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)ahead
2016Kyushu Open 20162×2First round5.476.15Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kyushu Open 20163×3Second round13.1016.49Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kyushu Open 20163×3First round12.5316.23Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kyushu Open 20164×4First round1:01.141:14.75Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kyushu Open 20165×5First round1:42.672:15.24Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kyushu Open 2016SkewbFinal9.456.02Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2016Kansai Small Cubes 20162×2First round6.036.22Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kansai Small Cubes 20163×3First round13.4916.70Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kansai Small Cubes 20163×3Second round12.7416.46Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kansai Small Cubes 2016SkewbFinal10.315.27Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
2016Japan Open 20162×2First round4.756.68Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Japan Open 20163×3First round12.8816.97Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Japan Open 20163×3 Fewest MovesFinaltie
2016Japan Open 2016SkewbFinal10.996.07Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)

Full careers: Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) · Hideki Niina (新名秀樹). 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.