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Jan Zych vs Zayn Khanani

Two careers, 43 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.

Jan Zych (Poland) and Zayn Khanani (United States) have met in 43 rounds across 4 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Zayn Khanani leads Jan Zych: 22 finishes in front to 21.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJan Zych singleaverageZayn Khanani singleaverage
3×35.656.974.716.69
2×20.601.750.500.92
4×426.0332.6928.3532.58
5×554.461:01.5758.161:05.62
6×62:04.442:10.481:56.132:03.37
7×73:23.783:43.273:02.023:21.31
3×3 blindfolded1:51.663:36.692:20.164:12.65
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves24.0025 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed10.6113.128.6111.36
Clock11.9814.607.329.24
Megaminx26.3630.9039.8845.88
Pyraminx2.773.871.933.06
Skewb1.252.940.811.56
Square-18.0512.586.007.45

Year by year

every meeting, 43 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 14 meetings2019: 92022: 92024: 142025: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJan ZychZayn Khananiahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round4.291.09Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.417.75Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.797.17Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round17.5914.27Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round38.9137.04Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:08.831:11.17Jan Zych
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round35.1653.27Jan Zych
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round5.144.24Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbSecond round3.872.19Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round4.132.08Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round17.9612.30Zayn Khanani
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20242×2First round2.401.38Zayn Khanani
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20242×2Second round2.351.26Zayn Khanani
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20243×3First round7.657.93Jan Zych

Full careers: Jan Zych · 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.