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Kyle Santucci vs Jerry Yao

Two careers, 54 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.

Kyle Santucci (Canada) and Jerry Yao (United States) have met in 54 rounds across 6 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jerry Yao leads Kyle Santucci: 29 finishes in front to 25.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 11 shared events, Jerry Yao holds the faster single in 7, Kyle Santucci in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKyle Santucci singleaverageJerry Yao singleaverage
3×34.265.304.035.78
2×20.581.740.701.32
4×423.2824.2420.5725.71
5×51:10.681:15.7338.9144.10
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves32.6738 moves42.67
3×3 one-handed8.1010.028.0010.38
Clock6.728.0810.6312.95
Megaminx1:34.041:48.1257.051:07.92
Pyraminx3.354.993.295.31
Skewb2.243.524.487.47
Square-122.6634.778.0210.35

Year by year

every meeting, 54 rounds in all
20222026busiest year: 19 meetings2022: 102023: 192024: 102025: 62026: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKyle SantucciJerry Yaoahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round3.242.60Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final6.546.40Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round5.756.48Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round5.766.68Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Final5.637.35Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round11.9513.13Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.0412.66Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round27.5426.39Jerry Yao
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round29.1626.22Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.591.71Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round5.836.97Kyle Santucci
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round6.967.08Kyle Santucci
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.8712.42Jerry Yao
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round11.7712.50Kyle Santucci

Full careers: Kyle Santucci · Jerry Yao. 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.