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Ben Zhao vs Kate Grahame

Two careers, 106 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.

Ben Zhao (United States) and Kate Grahame (United States) have met in 106 rounds across 11 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kate Grahame leads Ben Zhao: 53 finishes in front to 52 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Kate Grahame holds the faster single in 9, Ben Zhao in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBen Zhao singleaverageKate Grahame singleaverage
3×34.785.715.927.30
2×21.552.951.021.71
4×422.1026.1422.2727.57
5×539.6945.1239.1344.60
6×61:21.761:29.781:13.061:17.48
7×72:19.132:29.051:49.011:55.19
3×3 blindfolded2:34.2748.4456.32
3×3 one-handed8.2310.7510.5813.83
Clock9.1110.414.276.04
Megaminx35.0841.3144.3251.25
Pyraminx3.255.951.653.13
Skewb5.977.491.644.03
Square-115.6727.978.5010.83

Year by year

every meeting, 106 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 43 meetings2022: 432023: 222024: 142025: 162026: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBen ZhaoKate Grahameahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.118.23Ben Zhao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round6.438.45Ben Zhao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.8615.63Ben Zhao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round30.2531.12Ben Zhao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round29.7527.57Kate Grahame
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Second round49.4048.29Kate Grahame
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round48.2349.93Ben Zhao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5Final49.1250.09Ben Zhao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20266×6First round1:54.821:24.15Kate Grahame
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20267×7First round2:38.931:55.54Kate Grahame
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round53.4058.32Ben Zhao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round6.959.99Ben Zhao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round6.607.30Ben Zhao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.1419.05Ben Zhao

Full careers: Ben Zhao · Kate Grahame. 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.