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Daniel Karnaukh vs Zayd Chaudhry

Two careers, 40 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 Zayd Chaudhry (Australia) have met in 40 rounds across 4 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Karnaukh leads Zayd Chaudhry: 35 finishes in front to 5.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Karnaukh singleaverageZayd Chaudhry singleaverage
3×35.216.966.337.78
2×20.771.440.752.00
4×425.9928.5427.5032.28
5×546.5352.4553.5059.83
6×61:37.311:42.191:35.331:45.48
7×72:32.252:43.652:29.532:45.35
3×3 blindfolded1:36.492:09.2430.1454.62
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves21.3325 moves29.00
3×3 one-handed9.0712.9410.8113.89
Clock6.478.692.343.61
Megaminx47.5253.5142.2551.49
Pyraminx1.162.721.122.55
Skewb2.173.522.264.31
Square-14.465.815.207.93
4×4 blindfolded25:06.003:10.51
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 57:3615 of 15 cubes · 57:17

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 14 meetings2019: 22023: 142024: 142025: 10

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel KarnaukhZayd Chaudhryahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round1.802.40Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.902.23Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.509.10Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.858.50Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.7918.57Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.0935.70Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round3.623.76Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxSecond round3.303.49Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round7.028.80Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round6.478.48Daniel Karnaukh
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round2.153.06Daniel Karnaukh
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2First round1.813.56Daniel Karnaukh
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3Second round7.4510.80Daniel Karnaukh
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20243×3First round7.598.53Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Daniel Karnaukh · Zayd Chaudhry. 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.