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Daniel Karnaukh vs Timothy Castle

Two careers, 119 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 Timothy Castle (United States) have met in 119 rounds across 10 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Karnaukh leads Timothy Castle: 79 finishes in front to 39 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Timothy Castle holds the faster single in 9, Daniel Karnaukh in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Karnaukh singleaverageTimothy Castle singleaverage
3×35.216.965.197.67
2×20.771.440.941.61
4×425.9928.5424.4328.79
5×546.5352.4546.9555.13
6×61:37.311:42.191:31.961:38.83
7×72:32.252:43.652:24.292:33.91
3×3 blindfolded1:36.492:09.2416.3024.57
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves21.3326 moves29.67
3×3 one-handed9.0712.9411.0613.53
Clock6.478.695.346.66
Megaminx47.5253.5143.2647.29
Pyraminx1.162.722.012.53
Skewb2.173.522.203.50
Square-14.465.814.737.07
4×4 blindfolded25:06.003:01.58
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 57:3619 of 21 cubes · 52:48

Year by year

every meeting, 119 rounds in all
20172025busiest year: 39 meetings2017: 22018: 72019: 242021: 92022: 122023: 392024: 162025: 10

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel KarnaukhTimothy Castleahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.903.74Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.858.47Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.508.63Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.7915.54Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.0928.79Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round54.961:01.93Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.623.58Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxSecond round3.302.53Timothy Castle
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round6.479.02Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round7.029.31Daniel Karnaukh
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round2.152.80Daniel Karnaukh
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2First round1.813.40Daniel Karnaukh
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round7.599.39Daniel Karnaukh
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round7.4510.31Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Daniel Karnaukh · Timothy Castle. 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.