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Brian Johnson vs Zayn Khanani

Two careers, 297 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 Zayn Khanani (United States) have met in 297 rounds across 23 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Brian Johnson leads Zayn Khanani: 203 finishes in front to 91 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Brian Johnson holds the faster single in 12, Zayn Khanani in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrian Johnson singleaverageZayn Khanani singleaverage
3×34.205.204.716.69
2×20.661.180.500.92
4×420.6924.9128.3532.58
5×544.1349.8858.161:05.62
6×61:28.461:36.571:56.132:03.37
7×72:24.842:39.703:02.023:21.31
3×3 blindfolded2:01.382:20.164:12.65
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves19.0025 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed6.629.168.6111.36
Clock4.786.777.329.24
Megaminx35.2841.1339.8845.88
Pyraminx1.021.851.933.06
Skewb1.152.310.811.56
Square-12.855.256.007.45

Year by year

every meeting, 297 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 91 meetings2019: 102020: 92021: 102022: 912023: 832024: 422025: 182026: 34

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrian JohnsonZayn Khananiahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.551.31Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round1.501.96Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Final2.211.51Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final6.998.81Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.167.30Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.067.82Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round10.5115.99Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round25.6338.76Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round57.491:07.44Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round3.986.24Brian Johnson
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbSecond round2.931.84Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.622.17Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round6.0912.89Brian Johnson
2026CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20262×2Second round1.761.14Zayn Khanani

Full careers: Brian Johnson · 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.