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Daniel Karnaukh vs Brandon Villadolid

Two careers, 82 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.

Daniel Karnaukh (United States) and Brandon Villadolid (United States) have met in 82 rounds across 9 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Karnaukh leads Brandon Villadolid: 63 finishes in front to 16 and 3 ties.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Karnaukh singleaverageBrandon Villadolid singleaverage
3×35.216.965.797.06
2×20.771.440.761.89
4×425.9928.5426.4129.88
5×546.5352.4550.7757.13
6×61:37.311:42.191:38.441:48.88
7×72:32.252:43.652:34.792:40.31
3×3 blindfolded1:36.492:09.2440.3353.31
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves21.3318 moves25.67
3×3 one-handed9.0712.9412.3815.92
Clock6.478.692.633.44
Megaminx47.5253.5143.6950.27
Pyraminx1.162.721.543.07
Skewb2.173.522.274.09
Square-14.465.8110.3113.30
4×4 blindfolded25:06.003:38.124:18.57
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 57:3612 of 14 cubes · 1:00:00

Year by year

every meeting, 82 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 48 meetings2023: 92024: 172025: 482026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel KarnaukhBrandon Villadolidahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.972.94Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.072.30Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.187.75Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.777.85Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round30.0532.10Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round32.5431.62Brandon Villadolid
2026Quiet Prep in Palisades 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:16.811:02.04Brandon Villadolid
2026Quiet Prep in Palisades 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.6730.00Daniel Karnaukh
2025Connecticut Championship 20252×2First round2.123.24Daniel Karnaukh
2025Connecticut Championship 20252×2Second round2.072.84Daniel Karnaukh
2025Connecticut Championship 20253×3Second round7.498.87Daniel Karnaukh
2025Connecticut Championship 20253×3First round7.798.28Daniel Karnaukh
2025Connecticut Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal1:40.2448.74Brandon Villadolid
2025Connecticut Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.4716.00Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Daniel Karnaukh · Brandon Villadolid. 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.