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Jayden McNeill vs Daniel Karnaukh

Two careers, 99 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.

Jayden McNeill (Australia) and Daniel Karnaukh (United States) have met in 99 rounds across 7 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jayden McNeill leads Daniel Karnaukh: 68 finishes in front to 31.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Jayden McNeill holds the faster single in 8, Daniel Karnaukh in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJayden McNeill singleaverageDaniel Karnaukh singleaverage
3×34.906.765.216.96
2×20.691.550.771.44
4×424.7230.0125.9928.54
5×549.9856.7346.5352.45
6×61:47.211:50.401:37.311:42.19
7×72:40.502:57.782:32.252:43.65
3×3 blindfolded27.1236.891:36.492:09.24
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.0018 moves21.33
3×3 one-handed7.6711.779.0712.94
Clock6.547.746.478.69
Megaminx48.2652.0947.5253.51
Pyraminx1.783.591.162.72
Skewb1.843.102.173.52
Square-17.478.844.465.81
4×4 blindfolded6:31.6725:06.00
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 45:088 of 8 cubes · 57:36

Year by year

every meeting, 99 rounds in all
20162025busiest year: 24 meetings2016: 232017: 182018: 202019: 242023: 82025: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJayden McNeillDaniel Karnaukhahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round9.257.85Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.527.50Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.0023.67Jayden McNeill
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.2715.79Jayden McNeill
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.1234.09Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:02.9154.96Daniel Karnaukh
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round6.829.73Jayden McNeill
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round9.058.27Daniel Karnaukh
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal22.3325.67Jayden McNeill
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round14.9717.05Jayden McNeill
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round33.9034.25Jayden McNeill
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20236×6First round2:04.911:55.68Daniel Karnaukh
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20237×7First round3:27.862:46.47Daniel Karnaukh
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023MegaminxFirst round54.631:00.86Jayden McNeill

Full careers: Jayden McNeill · Daniel Karnaukh. 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.