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Krish Shah-Nathwani vs Benjamin Kyle

Two careers, 61 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.

Krish Shah-Nathwani (United States) and Benjamin Kyle (Canada) have met in 61 rounds across 8 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Krish Shah-Nathwani leads Benjamin Kyle: 39 finishes in front to 22.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 11 shared events, Krish Shah-Nathwani holds the faster single in 10, Benjamin Kyle in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKrish Shah-Nathwani singleaverageBenjamin Kyle singleaverage
3×35.096.546.348.13
2×20.751.461.261.85
4×426.8530.7744.0250.01
5×555.751:00.651:45.331:53.24
3×3 blindfolded46.121:14.832:02.10
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0019 moves22.00
3×3 one-handed11.2515.1711.9417.11
Megaminx39.7248.701:12.501:20.26
Pyraminx1.032.451.252.03
Skewb1.313.882.464.33
Square-16.519.0020.4738.38

Year by year

every meeting, 61 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 16 meetings2017: 122018: 152019: 102022: 162024: 12026: 7

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKrish Shah-NathwaniBenjamin Kyleahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.044.74Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round6.989.59Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.639.37Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.0022.67Benjamin Kyle
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round3.672.92Benjamin Kyle
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxSecond round3.333.20Benjamin Kyle
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal22.0024 movesKrish Shah-Nathwani
2024FMC 20243×3 Fewest MovesFinal22.0029.67Krish Shah-Nathwani
2022CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20222×2First round2.503.26Krish Shah-Nathwani
2022CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20222×2Final1.853.66Krish Shah-Nathwani
2022CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20223×3First round9.0310.40Krish Shah-Nathwani
2022CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20223×3Second round7.5710.47Krish Shah-Nathwani
2022CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20223×3 one-handedFirst round18.5319.61Krish Shah-Nathwani
2022CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 20224×4First round35.4750.03Krish Shah-Nathwani

Full careers: Krish Shah-Nathwani · Benjamin Kyle. 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.