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Piotr Kózka vs Arnaud van Galen

Two careers, 53 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.

Piotr Kózka (Poland) and Arnaud van Galen (Netherlands) have met in 53 rounds across 6 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Piotr Kózka leads Arnaud van Galen: 49 finishes in front to 3 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Piotr Kózka holds the faster single in 11, Arnaud van Galen in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventPiotr Kózka singleaverageArnaud van Galen singleaverage
3×38.2110.5012.5617.92
2×21.343.121.685.33
4×436.7844.1354.3159.91
5×51:10.491:18.461:32.361:52.35
6×62:48.292:54.503:09.953:26.86
7×74:26.748:51.815:00.955:19.94
3×3 blindfolded2:06.833:03.223:48.97
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves30.6726 moves
3×3 one-handed19.4524.1923.6530.94
Megaminx1:20.581:31.932:15.492:25.31
Pyraminx2.503.884.849.39
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 22:073 of 3 cubes · 24:47

Year by year

every meeting, 53 rounds in all
20072012busiest year: 18 meetings2007: 152008: 182009: 152012: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundPiotr KózkaArnaud van Galenahead
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20122×2First round3.126.34Piotr Kózka
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3First round13.3618.60Piotr Kózka
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20124×4First round44.131:06.68Piotr Kózka
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20125×5First round1:31.951:57.29Piotr Kózka
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012PyraminxFirst round5.3112.08Piotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20092×2First round4.736.58Piotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20092×2Second round4.087.18Piotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20093×3First round13.4224.80Piotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst round2:53.475:03.58Piotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20093×3 Fewest MovesFinal39 movesPiotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20093×3 Multi-BlindFinal3 of 3 cubes · 27:592 of 3 cubes · 25:58Piotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20093×3 one-handedFirst round29.6343.60Piotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20093×3 one-handedSecond round28.1835.83Piotr Kózka
2009Polish Open 20094×4First round55.051:19.77Piotr Kózka

Full careers: Piotr Kózka · Arnaud van Galen. 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.