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Stefan Pochmann vs Arnaud van Galen

Two careers, 137 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.

Stefan Pochmann (Germany) and Arnaud van Galen (Netherlands) have met in 137 rounds across 14 competitions since 2006. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Stefan Pochmann leads Arnaud van Galen: 108 finishes in front to 26 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Stefan Pochmann holds the faster single in 8, Arnaud van Galen in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventStefan Pochmann singleaverageArnaud van Galen singleaverage
3×39.5612.7312.5617.92
2×22.635.561.685.33
4×453.271:02.2954.3159.91
5×51:48.092:02.781:32.361:52.35
6×66:23.093:09.953:26.86
7×76:29.136:45.495:00.955:19.94
3×3 blindfolded2:36.052:52.773:03.223:48.97
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves26 moves
3×3 one-handed23.3828.9423.6530.94
Clock8.399.749.2813.51
Megaminx1:21.961:23.792:15.492:25.31
Pyraminx8.5211.474.849.39
Skewb10.2115.2511.0816.03
Square-11:15.691:46.4312.5649.40
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 58:413 of 3 cubes · 24:47

Year by year

every meeting, 137 rounds in all
20062012busiest year: 46 meetings2006: 82007: 322008: 222009: 462011: 122012: 17

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundStefan PochmannArnaud van Galenahead
2012Frankfurt Cube Days 20122×2First round6.556.59Stefan Pochmann
2012Frankfurt Cube Days 20123×3Second round14.7119.88Stefan Pochmann
2012Frankfurt Cube Days 20123×3First round15.4321.15Stefan Pochmann
2012Frankfurt Cube Days 20123×3 blindfoldedFirst round5:02.20Stefan Pochmann
2012Frankfurt Cube Days 20123×3 one-handedFirst round36.7734.44Arnaud van Galen
2012Frankfurt Cube Days 20124×4First round1:05.891:08.04Stefan Pochmann
2012Hessen Open 20122×2First round6.516.45Arnaud van Galen
2012Hessen Open 20122×2Second round6.826.63Arnaud van Galen
2012Hessen Open 20123×3First round14.3320.90Stefan Pochmann
2012Hessen Open 20123×3Second round15.9219.71Stefan Pochmann
2012Hessen Open 20123×3 blindfoldedFinal2:52.775:06.58Stefan Pochmann
2012Hessen Open 20123×3 one-handedFirst round33.5535.24Stefan Pochmann
2012Hessen Open 20124×4First round1:10.661:13.84Stefan Pochmann
2012Hessen Open 20125×5First round2:14.762:08.39Arnaud van Galen

Full careers: Stefan Pochmann · 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.