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Brian Johnson vs Krish Shah-Nathwani

Two careers, 197 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.

Brian Johnson (United States) and Krish Shah-Nathwani (United States) have met in 197 rounds across 14 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Brian Johnson leads Krish Shah-Nathwani: 153 finishes in front to 43 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Brian Johnson holds the faster single in 13, Krish Shah-Nathwani in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrian Johnson singleaverageKrish Shah-Nathwani singleaverage
3×34.205.205.096.54
2×20.661.180.751.46
4×420.6924.9126.8530.77
5×544.1349.8855.751:00.65
6×61:28.461:36.571:57.872:01.53
7×72:24.842:39.703:18.303:35.33
3×3 blindfolded2:01.3846.121:14.83
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves19.0019 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed6.629.1611.2515.17
Clock4.786.777.238.42
Megaminx35.2841.1339.7248.70
Pyraminx1.021.851.032.45
Skewb1.152.311.313.88
Square-12.855.256.519.00

Year by year

every meeting, 197 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 41 meetings2017: 162018: 192019: 192022: 412023: 412024: 312025: 172026: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrian JohnsonKrish Shah-Nathwaniahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.551.64Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round1.502.04Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.167.63Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.066.98Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21 moves24.00Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round10.5119.15Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round25.6333.92Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round57.491:10.47Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round3.983.67Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbSecond round2.935.98Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.624.25Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round6.0913.13Brian Johnson
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal20.3322.00Brian Johnson
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3First round6.527.88Brian Johnson

Full careers: Brian Johnson · Krish Shah-Nathwani. 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.