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Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa vs Hussain Merza

Two careers, 93 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.

Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa (Kuwait) and Hussain Merza (Kuwait) have met in 93 rounds across 12 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa leads Hussain Merza: 73 finishes in front to 18 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa holds the faster single in 6, Hussain Merza in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventGhanim Abdulaziz Almutawa singleaverageHussain Merza singleaverage
3×37.969.7610.6712.20
2×22.103.522.394.29
4×442.8157.5048.2053.26
5×51:33.511:51.041:25.051:33.86
6×63:11.733:33.782:43.273:03.71
7×76:42.136:59.765:10.035:33.80
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves40 moves50.33
3×3 one-handed17.7620.0119.9622.94
Clock16.1919.2613.2214.58
Megaminx1:41.611:47.671:25.141:30.04
Pyraminx2.604.264.536.77
Skewb2.273.873.536.79

Year by year

every meeting, 93 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 28 meetings2022: 102023: 272024: 282025: 212026: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundGhanim Abdulaziz AlmutawaHussain Merzaahead
2026Hala February Kuwait 20262×2Final3.615.56Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2026Hala February Kuwait 20262×2First round4.645.48Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2026Hala February Kuwait 20263×3First round12.7215.22Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2026Hala February Kuwait 20263×3Final10.8714.35Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2026Hala February Kuwait 20264×4Final1:02.3357.01Hussain Merza
2026Hala February Kuwait 2026PyraminxFinal5.039.02Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2026Hala February Kuwait 2026SkewbFinal5.758.12Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2025Kuwaiti Nationals 20252×2Final3.954.29Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2025Kuwaiti Nationals 20252×2First round3.525.21Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2025Kuwaiti Nationals 20253×3Final12.2812.71Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2025Kuwaiti Nationals 20253×3Second round9.7612.77Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2025Kuwaiti Nationals 20253×3First round11.6114.69Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2025Kuwaiti Nationals 20253×3 one-handedFinal21.0027.15Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa
2025Kuwaiti Nationals 20254×4Final59.4958.79Hussain Merza

Full careers: Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa · Hussain Merza. 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.