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Daniel Karnaukh vs Tommy Cherry

Two careers, 223 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 Tommy Cherry (United States) have met in 223 rounds across 21 competitions since 2015. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Karnaukh leads Tommy Cherry: 114 finishes in front to 108 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Tommy Cherry holds the faster single in 13, Daniel Karnaukh in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Karnaukh singleaverageTommy Cherry singleaverage
3×35.216.964.536.38
2×20.771.440.691.35
4×425.9928.5422.8727.12
5×546.5352.4545.9450.34
6×61:37.311:42.191:27.731:37.35
7×72:32.252:43.652:16.652:27.54
3×3 blindfolded1:36.492:09.2411.5613.97
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves21.3323 moves26.67
3×3 one-handed9.0712.948.0110.74
Clock6.478.692.433.28
Megaminx47.5253.5132.5840.53
Pyraminx1.162.721.342.50
Skewb2.173.521.442.80
Square-14.465.815.267.77
4×4 blindfolded25:06.001:20.341:55.30
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 57:3636 of 37 cubes · 57:48

Year by year

every meeting, 223 rounds in all
20152026busiest year: 84 meetings2015: 72016: 432017: 172019: 232022: 142023: 842024: 202025: 92026: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel KarnaukhTommy Cherryahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.073.85Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.187.86Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.777.63Tommy Cherry
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round32.5433.26Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round6.9013.45Daniel Karnaukh
2026Quiet Prep in Palisades 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round3:16.8115.57Tommy Cherry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.902.82Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.8511.08Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.508.95Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.7913.21Tommy Cherry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.0937.59Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round54.961:08.97Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.623.31Tommy Cherry
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxSecond round3.304.17Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Daniel Karnaukh · Tommy Cherry. 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.