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Marcus Kamen vs Krish Shah-Nathwani

Two careers, 143 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.

Marcus Kamen (United States) and Krish Shah-Nathwani (United States) have met in 143 rounds across 17 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Krish Shah-Nathwani leads Marcus Kamen: 99 finishes in front to 44.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Krish Shah-Nathwani holds the faster single in 14, Marcus Kamen in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMarcus Kamen singleaverageKrish Shah-Nathwani singleaverage
3×35.967.805.096.54
2×21.122.140.751.46
4×431.2138.1626.8530.77
5×51:13.981:22.3255.751:00.65
6×62:50.872:56.631:57.872:01.53
7×74:46.754:54.543:18.303:35.33
3×3 blindfolded2:19.722:45.6146.121:14.83
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.0019 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed12.2414.3411.2515.17
Clock6.348.267.238.42
Megaminx1:10.301:16.4439.7248.70
Pyraminx1.091.761.032.45
Skewb2.284.031.313.88
Square-120.6925.926.519.00
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 17:114 of 4 cubes · 18:08

Year by year

every meeting, 143 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 25 meetings2016: 82017: 92018: 252019: 242021: 12022: 192023: 152024: 232025: 102026: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMarcus KamenKrish Shah-Nathwaniahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round2.691.64Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.502.04Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.647.63Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.946.98Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round16.6319.15Marcus Kamen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round39.8333.92Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round2.003.67Marcus Kamen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxSecond round2.083.33Marcus Kamen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round5.194.25Krish Shah-Nathwani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.951.46Krish Shah-Nathwani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.608.37Krish Shah-Nathwani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round16.4618.43Marcus Kamen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round48.3035.77Krish Shah-Nathwani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:27.201:07.46Krish Shah-Nathwani

Full careers: Marcus Kamen · Krish Shah-Nathwani. 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.