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Brennen Lin vs Zayn Khanani

Two careers, 119 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.

Brennen Lin (Canada) and Zayn Khanani (United States) have met in 119 rounds across 10 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Zayn Khanani leads Brennen Lin: 63 finishes in front to 56.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Zayn Khanani holds the faster single in 10, Brennen Lin in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrennen Lin singleaverageZayn Khanani singleaverage
3×34.145.634.716.69
2×20.611.260.500.92
4×423.8628.4828.3532.58
5×551.3258.0658.161:05.62
6×62:04.982:17.021:56.132:03.37
7×73:56.934:15.463:02.023:21.31
3×3 blindfolded4:41.122:20.164:12.65
3×3 one-handed9.5611.608.6111.36
Clock8.8110.577.329.24
Megaminx58.421:04.9839.8845.88
Pyraminx2.274.521.933.06
Skewb1.553.380.811.56
Square-110.2413.596.007.45

Year by year

every meeting, 119 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 32 meetings2019: 92021: 122022: 322023: 322024: 142025: 92026: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrennen LinZayn Khananiahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.561.31Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round1.751.96Brennen Lin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Final1.691.51Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final7.078.81Brennen Lin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round6.797.30Brennen Lin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round6.897.82Brennen Lin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round13.8115.99Brennen Lin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round29.9038.76Brennen Lin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:01.961:07.44Brennen Lin
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round6.616.24Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.812.17Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round2.021.37Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.981.09Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round6.727.17Brennen Lin

Full careers: Brennen Lin · Zayn Khanani. 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.