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Daniel Karnaukh vs Krish Shah-Nathwani

Two careers, 422 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 Krish Shah-Nathwani (United States) have met in 422 rounds across 39 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Karnaukh leads Krish Shah-Nathwani: 292 finishes in front to 127 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Daniel Karnaukh holds the faster single in 9, Krish Shah-Nathwani in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Karnaukh singleaverageKrish Shah-Nathwani singleaverage
3×35.216.965.096.54
2×20.771.440.751.46
4×425.9928.5426.8530.77
5×546.5352.4555.751:00.65
6×61:37.311:42.191:57.872:01.53
7×72:32.252:43.653:18.303:35.33
3×3 blindfolded1:36.492:09.2446.121:14.83
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves21.3319 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed9.0712.9411.2515.17
Clock6.478.697.238.42
Megaminx47.5253.5139.7248.70
Pyraminx1.162.721.032.45
Skewb2.173.521.313.88
Square-14.465.816.519.00
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 57:364 of 4 cubes · 18:08

Year by year

every meeting, 422 rounds in all
20152026busiest year: 85 meetings2015: 72016: 262017: 462018: 432019: 772021: 142022: 852023: 692024: 192025: 292026: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel KarnaukhKrish Shah-Nathwaniahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.072.04Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.971.64Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.776.98Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.187.63Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.3324.00Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round32.5433.92Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round6.9013.13Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.901.46Krish Shah-Nathwani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round1.802.07Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.508.37Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.858.97Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.6723.00Krish Shah-Nathwani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.7918.43Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.0935.77Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Daniel Karnaukh · 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.