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Hassan Khanani vs Elijah Rain Phelps

Two careers, 180 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.

Hassan Khanani (United States) and Elijah Rain Phelps (United States) have met in 180 rounds across 11 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Hassan Khanani leads Elijah Rain Phelps: 117 finishes in front to 63.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Hassan Khanani holds the faster single in 9, Elijah Rain Phelps in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventHassan Khanani singleaverageElijah Rain Phelps singleaverage
3×35.177.255.287.17
2×20.691.270.891.83
4×427.0633.1026.2930.44
5×550.0757.1749.2258.39
6×61:39.871:50.231:51.412:04.08
7×72:48.872:58.803:24.013:37.21
3×3 blindfolded27.4440.772:06.322:20.98
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves29.3331 moves35.00
3×3 one-handed8.3610.9410.9013.46
Clock4.525.563.204.05
Megaminx45.0950.6043.5549.54
Pyraminx1.422.891.372.05
Skewb1.463.611.243.15
Square-13.404.694.336.64
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 14 cubes · 52:232 of 2 cubes · 11:56

Year by year

every meeting, 180 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 59 meetings2022: 592023: 592024: 182025: 322026: 12

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundHassan KhananiElijah Rain Phelpsahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round1.463.60Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.039.15Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round10.037.97Elijah Rain Phelps
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.4115.55Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round38.1332.88Elijah Rain Phelps
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round59.101:01.37Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026ClockFirst round6.684.46Elijah Rain Phelps
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round57.7857.56Elijah Rain Phelps
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round5.172.75Elijah Rain Phelps
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.734.24Elijah Rain Phelps
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1Second round5.599.31Hassan Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round5.587.18Hassan Khanani
2025Connecticut Championship 20252×2First round2.112.14Hassan Khanani
2025Connecticut Championship 20252×2Second round1.432.52Hassan Khanani

Full careers: Hassan Khanani · Elijah Rain Phelps. 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.