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Daniel Karnaukh vs Zeke Mackay

Two careers, 216 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 Zeke Mackay (United States) have met in 216 rounds across 15 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Zeke Mackay leads Daniel Karnaukh: 120 finishes in front to 96.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Zeke Mackay holds the faster single in 12, Daniel Karnaukh in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventDaniel Karnaukh singleaverageZeke Mackay singleaverage
3×35.216.964.365.93
2×20.771.440.691.59
4×425.9928.5421.9025.64
5×546.5352.4545.2048.70
6×61:37.311:42.191:27.551:33.29
7×72:32.252:43.652:04.042:16.69
3×3 blindfolded1:36.492:09.2430.5242.84
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves21.3319 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed9.0712.949.2510.83
Clock6.478.693.604.88
Megaminx47.5253.5126.8728.57
Pyraminx1.162.721.162.08
Skewb2.173.521.202.49
Square-14.465.815.547.83
4×4 blindfolded25:06.002:53.513:54.47
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 57:3620 of 24 cubes · 59:44

Year by year

every meeting, 216 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 63 meetings2016: 92017: 82018: 132019: 162022: 552023: 632024: 402025: 62026: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundDaniel KarnaukhZeke Mackayahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final7.157.13Zeke Mackay
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.186.82Zeke Mackay
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.776.74Zeke Mackay
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.3325.00Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round30.0530.09Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round32.5428.79Zeke Mackay
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.857.44Zeke Mackay
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.506.56Zeke Mackay
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.7911.44Zeke Mackay
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.0930.42Zeke Mackay
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round54.9655.12Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5Second round57.2052.47Zeke Mackay
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Semi Final2.292.25Zeke Mackay
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round2.152.40Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Daniel Karnaukh · Zeke Mackay. 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.