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Kyle Santucci vs Zayn Khanani

Two careers, 69 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 Zayn Khanani (United States) have met in 69 rounds across 8 competitions since 2021. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Kyle Santucci leads Zayn Khanani: 35 finishes in front to 34.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventKyle Santucci singleaverageZayn Khanani singleaverage
3×34.265.304.716.69
2×20.581.740.500.92
4×423.2824.2428.3532.58
5×51:10.681:15.7358.161:05.62
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves32.6725 moves28.67
3×3 one-handed8.1010.028.6111.36
Clock6.728.087.329.24
Megaminx1:34.041:48.1239.8845.88
Pyraminx3.354.991.933.06
Skewb2.243.520.811.56
Square-122.6634.776.007.45

Year by year

every meeting, 69 rounds in all
20212026busiest year: 19 meetings2021: 92022: 102023: 192024: 172025: 62026: 8

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundKyle SantucciZayn Khananiahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round3.241.96Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final6.548.81Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round5.757.30Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round5.767.82Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round12.0415.99Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round27.5438.76Kyle Santucci
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round4.622.17Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbSecond round5.681.84Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.591.09Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round5.837.75Kyle Santucci
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round6.967.17Kyle Santucci
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.8714.27Kyle Santucci
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round31.1937.04Kyle Santucci
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round6.792.08Zayn Khanani

Full careers: Kyle Santucci · 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.