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Norbert Hantos vs István Kocza

Two careers, 67 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.

Norbert Hantos (Hungary) and István Kocza (Hungary) have met in 67 rounds across 13 competitions since 2005. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Norbert Hantos leads István Kocza: 37 finishes in front to 30.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, István Kocza holds the faster single in 8, Norbert Hantos in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNorbert Hantos singleaverageIstván Kocza singleaverage
3×312.3714.1214.4619.11
2×26.157.585.3610.09
4×41:21.193:35.461:30.441:50.12
5×52:29.323:05.063:48.96
3×3 blindfolded1:49.472:38.5641.9052.73
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves22 moves35.67
3×3 one-handed54.161:10.6334.8149.13
Clock17.8819.2322.1725.25
Pyraminx11.4016.709.7317.15
Skewb14.3217.6312.8119.47
Square-138.4053.1523.3129.50
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 25:2417 of 17 cubes · 57:40

Year by year

every meeting, 67 rounds in all
20052015busiest year: 15 meetings2005: 52006: 92007: 102008: 152009: 42011: 32012: 22013: 52014: 62015: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNorbert HantosIstván Koczaahead
2015Hungarian Open 20153×3First round15.6723.76Norbert Hantos
2015Hungarian Open 20153×3Second round14.6123.63Norbert Hantos
2015Hungarian Open 20153×3 blindfoldedFinal2:28.4757.71István Kocza
2015Hungarian Open 20153×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:49.471:03.44István Kocza
2015Hungarian Open 20154×4First round1:21.192:03.84Norbert Hantos
2015Hungarian Open 20155×5First round2:29.323:55.40Norbert Hantos
2015Hungarian Nationals 20153×3First round14.1223.32Norbert Hantos
2015Hungarian Nationals 20153×3Second round17.0622.91Norbert Hantos
2014Hungarian Open 20143×3Second round15.7423.09Norbert Hantos
2014Hungarian Open 20143×3First round15.4523.84Norbert Hantos
2014Hungarian Open 20143×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:38.561:07.49István Kocza
2014Hungarian Open 20143×3 Multi-BlindFinal3 of 3 cubes · 25:2412 of 15 cubes · 58:09István Kocza
2014Hungarian Open 20144×4First round1:34.582:13.96Norbert Hantos
2014Hungarian Open 20145×5First round3:16.154:13.00Norbert Hantos

Full careers: Norbert Hantos · István Kocza. 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.