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Chris Chi vs Daniel Karnaukh

Two careers, 771 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.

Chris Chi (United States) and Daniel Karnaukh (United States) have met in 771 rounds across 79 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Karnaukh leads Chris Chi: 559 finishes in front to 198 and 14 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Chris Chi holds the faster single in 9, Daniel Karnaukh in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventChris Chi singleaverageDaniel Karnaukh singleaverage
3×34.967.365.216.96
2×20.651.260.771.44
4×426.5231.8325.9928.54
5×553.2256.7046.5352.45
6×61:37.021:42.741:37.311:42.19
7×72:44.582:50.022:32.252:43.65
3×3 blindfolded20.4025.751:36.492:09.24
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.0018 moves21.33
3×3 one-handed10.1913.979.0712.94
Clock3.135.356.478.69
Megaminx45.0252.3047.5253.51
Pyraminx1.683.591.162.72
Skewb1.222.442.173.52
Square-15.057.044.465.81
4×4 blindfolded3:09.729:02.3225:06.00
3×3 Multi-Blind24 of 26 cubes · 58:538 of 8 cubes · 57:36

Year by year

every meeting, 771 rounds in all
20142026busiest year: 106 meetings2014: 22015: 262016: 932017: 1062018: 962019: 932021: 162022: 992023: 902024: 452025: 772026: 28

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundChris ChiDaniel Karnaukhahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round4.882.07Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round9.567.77Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round8.667.18Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal22.3323.33Chris Chi
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round32.2532.54Chris Chi
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round38.6730.05Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Final8.708.12Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Second round8.156.60Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round9.236.90Daniel Karnaukh
2026Quiet Prep in Palisades 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round21.133:16.81Chris Chi
2026Quiet Prep in Palisades 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal22.0024.67Chris Chi
2026Side Events in Palisades 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.8315.22Daniel Karnaukh
2026Side Events in Palisades 20263×3 one-handedSecond round14.5716.12Chris Chi
2026Side Events in Palisades 20265×5Final1:01.2652.45Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Chris Chi · Daniel Karnaukh. 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.