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Stefan Pochmann vs Joël van Noort

Two careers, 83 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 Joël van Noort (Netherlands) have met in 83 rounds across 15 competitions since 2004. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joël van Noort leads Stefan Pochmann: 56 finishes in front to 25 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 11 shared events, Stefan Pochmann holds the faster single in 6, Joël van Noort in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventStefan Pochmann singleaverageJoël van Noort singleaverage
3×39.5612.739.7212.13
2×22.635.562.315.69
4×453.271:02.2952.6659.35
5×51:48.092:02.781:51.752:04.10
7×76:29.136:45.498:34.50
3×3 blindfolded2:36.052:52.772:02.41
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves32 moves
3×3 one-handed23.3828.9417.6622.09
Megaminx1:21.961:23.792:11.192:28.29
Square-11:15.691:46.4344.121:04.32
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 58:414 of 4 cubes · 33:30

Year by year

every meeting, 83 rounds in all
20042011busiest year: 21 meetings2004: 72005: 192006: 212007: 162009: 142010: 12011: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundStefan PochmannJoël van Noortahead
2011Aachen Open 20113×3First round16.4013.53Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3Semi Final15.6912.40Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3Second round16.0812.84Joël van Noort
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 blindfoldedFirst round4:13.84Stefan Pochmann
2011Aachen Open 20113×3 one-handedFirst round31.3731.17Joël van Noort
2010Düsseldorf Open 20103×3 blindfoldedFinal4:13.214:58.06Stefan Pochmann
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20092×2First round5.567.05Stefan Pochmann
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3First round15.3414.12Joël van Noort
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20093×3 blindfoldedFirst roundtie
2009World Rubik's Cube Championship 20095×5Qualification round2:03.022:13.93Stefan Pochmann
2009Benelux Open 20093×3First round16.6415.40Joël van Noort
2009Benelux Open 20093×3Final17.1714.66Joël van Noort
2009Benelux Open 20093×3Second round20.6116.32Joël van Noort
2009Benelux Open 20093×3 blindfoldedFinal4:37.934:10.30Joël van Noort

Full careers: Stefan Pochmann · Joël van Noort. 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.