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Krish Shah-Nathwani vs Simon Kellum

Two careers, 161 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 Simon Kellum (United States) have met in 161 rounds across 12 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Krish Shah-Nathwani leads Simon Kellum: 83 finishes in front to 76 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Simon Kellum holds the faster single in 12, Krish Shah-Nathwani in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKrish Shah-Nathwani singleaverageSimon Kellum singleaverage
3×35.096.544.917.06
2×20.751.460.711.44
4×426.8530.7729.2435.27
5×555.751:00.6555.691:04.66
6×61:57.872:01.531:53.032:06.17
7×73:18.303:35.332:57.723:15.06
3×3 blindfolded46.121:14.8339.081:02.97
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0019 moves20.67
3×3 one-handed11.2515.178.4911.90
Clock7.238.424.004.88
Megaminx39.7248.7039.3745.94
Pyraminx1.032.450.731.53
Skewb1.313.880.851.71
Square-16.519.006.6510.13
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 18:0810 of 12 cubes · 56:45

Year by year

every meeting, 161 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 44 meetings2017: 122018: 152019: 172022: 202023: 442024: 212025: 162026: 16

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKrish Shah-NathwaniSimon Kellumahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.642.65Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.042.36Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.637.60Simon Kellum
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round6.988.63Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:17.331:05.08Simon Kellum
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.0023 movesKrish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round19.1512.94Simon Kellum
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round33.9236.71Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:10.471:10.10Simon Kellum
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round55.8755.39Simon Kellum
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round3.672.10Simon Kellum
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxSecond round3.332.14Simon Kellum
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbSecond round5.982.62Simon Kellum
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.252.89Simon Kellum

Full careers: Krish Shah-Nathwani · Simon Kellum. 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.