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Joaquin Ruenes Hernández vs Zayn Khanani

Two careers, 48 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.

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández (Mexico) and Zayn Khanani (United States) have met in 48 rounds across 3 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Zayn Khanani leads Joaquin Ruenes Hernández: 34 finishes in front to 14.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Zayn Khanani holds the faster single in 7, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJoaquin Ruenes Hernández singleaverageZayn Khanani singleaverage
3×34.836.784.716.69
2×20.581.290.500.92
4×424.8230.1028.3532.58
5×558.141:02.2358.161:05.62
6×61:55.122:17.391:56.132:03.37
7×73:21.723:43.853:02.023:21.31
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves38.0025 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed11.0113.638.6111.36
Clock3.555.107.329.24
Megaminx50.031:02.9739.8845.88
Pyraminx1.131.991.933.06
Skewb1.142.840.811.56
Square-14.678.356.007.45

Year by year

every meeting, 48 rounds in all
20222025busiest year: 18 meetings2022: 172024: 182025: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJoaquin Ruenes HernándezZayn Khananiahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Final1.621.20Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round1.671.37Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.731.09Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.077.75Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.337.17Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round14.7414.27Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.8337.04Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:07.701:11.17Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round1:08.1053.27Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round2.174.24Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbSecond round3.332.19Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round3.452.08Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round12.4012.30Zayn Khanani
2024Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20242×2Second round1.461.38Zayn Khanani

Full careers: Joaquin Ruenes Hernández · 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.