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Daniel Karnaukh vs Owen Widdis

Two careers, 298 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 Owen Widdis (United States) have met in 298 rounds across 23 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Karnaukh leads Owen Widdis: 216 finishes in front to 78 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Daniel Karnaukh holds the faster single in 11, Owen Widdis in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Karnaukh singleaverageOwen Widdis singleaverage
3×35.216.965.777.74
2×20.771.441.051.95
4×425.9928.5429.9634.06
5×546.5352.4556.101:04.98
6×61:37.311:42.191:50.702:01.39
7×72:32.252:43.653:09.303:22.08
3×3 blindfolded1:36.492:09.241:22.112:19.03
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves21.3319 moves22.00
3×3 one-handed9.0712.9413.2715.57
Clock6.478.696.418.55
Megaminx47.5253.5144.9450.80
Pyraminx1.162.722.043.57
Skewb2.173.521.813.96
Square-14.465.818.7812.28
4×4 blindfolded25:06.0011:17.00
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 57:368 of 9 cubes · 59:27

Year by year

every meeting, 298 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 99 meetings2016: 202017: 92018: 152019: 272021: 132022: 992023: 752024: 252025: 92026: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel KarnaukhOwen Widdisahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.972.25Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.072.16Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.189.93Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.779.92Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.3324.67Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round32.5437.01Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round1.803.75Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.902.51Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.5010.14Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.6726.00Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.7918.44Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.0936.98Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round54.961:11.62Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.625.12Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Daniel Karnaukh · Owen Widdis. 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.