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Simon Kellum vs Joaquin Ruenes Hernández

Two careers, 48 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.

Simon Kellum (United States) and Joaquin Ruenes Hernández (Mexico) have met in 48 rounds across 3 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández leads Simon Kellum: 29 finishes in front to 19.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Simon Kellum holds the faster single in 8, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventSimon Kellum singleaverageJoaquin Ruenes Hernández singleaverage
3×34.917.064.836.78
2×20.711.440.581.29
4×429.2435.2724.8230.10
5×555.691:04.6658.141:02.23
6×61:53.032:06.171:55.122:17.39
7×72:57.723:15.063:21.723:43.85
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves20.6730 moves38.00
3×3 one-handed8.4911.9011.0113.63
Clock4.004.883.555.10
Megaminx39.3745.9450.031:02.97
Pyraminx0.731.531.131.99
Skewb0.851.711.142.84
Square-16.6510.134.678.35

Year by year

every meeting, 48 rounds in all
20222025busiest year: 18 meetings2022: 162024: 182025: 14

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundSimon KellumJoaquin Ruenes Hernándezahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.951.73Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.818.07Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.7614.74Simon Kellum
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round37.7034.83Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:09.991:07.70Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:12.402:16.54Simon Kellum
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:32.854:33.42Simon Kellum
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round7.806.91Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round53.491:08.10Simon Kellum
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round2.142.17Simon Kellum
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxSecond round1.902.01Simon Kellum
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbSecond round4.073.33Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round2.813.45Simon Kellum
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round11.1912.40Simon Kellum

Full careers: Simon Kellum · Joaquin Ruenes Hernández. 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.