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Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez vs Zayn Khanani

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.

Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez (Mexico) and Zayn Khanani (United States) have met in 40 rounds across 3 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Zayn Khanani leads Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez: 37 finishes in front to 3.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Zayn Khanani holds the faster single in 9, Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventEmilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez singleaverageZayn Khanani singleaverage
3×36.448.514.716.69
2×21.141.740.500.92
4×429.3237.5628.3532.58
5×557.081:07.5058.161:05.62
6×62:01.982:10.091:56.132:03.37
7×72:54.353:01.843:02.023:21.31
3×3 blindfolded21.8228.042:20.164:12.65
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves35.0025 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed13.1315.798.6111.36
Clock4.745.527.329.24
Megaminx42.7348.5339.8845.88
Pyraminx1.623.431.933.06
Skewb0.952.030.811.56
Square-18.1410.986.007.45

Year by year

every meeting, 40 rounds in all
20222025busiest year: 16 meetings2022: 132024: 162025: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundEmilio Alberto Rodríguez JiménezZayn Khananiahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round2.141.37Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.221.09Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.967.75Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round17.8614.27Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round42.4337.04Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:10.041:11.17Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round57.3753.27Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round5.654.24Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbSecond round2.452.19Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round2.962.08Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round13.6112.30Zayn Khanani
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20242×2First round3.551.38Zayn Khanani
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3First round8.597.93Zayn Khanani
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3Second round10.048.10Zayn Khanani

Full careers: Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez · Zayn Khanani. 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.