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Walker Welch vs Daniel Karnaukh

Two careers, 303 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.

Walker Welch (United States) and Daniel Karnaukh (United States) have met in 303 rounds across 21 competitions since 2014. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Daniel Karnaukh leads Walker Welch: 203 finishes in front to 99 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Walker Welch holds the faster single in 8, Daniel Karnaukh in 8.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWalker Welch singleaverageDaniel Karnaukh singleaverage
3×36.808.665.216.96
2×20.661.820.771.44
4×429.6133.5425.9928.54
5×555.061:02.2246.5352.45
6×61:37.221:43.401:37.311:42.19
7×72:23.872:34.432:32.252:43.65
3×3 blindfolded38.461:18.861:36.492:09.24
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0018 moves21.33
3×3 one-handed12.0515.359.0712.94
Clock4.356.146.478.69
Megaminx50.0859.0447.5253.51
Pyraminx2.063.671.162.72
Skewb1.383.882.173.52
Square-17.8813.834.465.81
4×4 blindfolded5:16.477:21.5325:06.00
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:028 of 8 cubes · 57:36

Year by year

every meeting, 303 rounds in all
20142026busiest year: 69 meetings2014: 62015: 132016: 332017: 342018: 182019: 692022: 492023: 332024: 342025: 92026: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWalker WelchDaniel Karnaukhahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round2.931.97Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.252.07Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round10.827.77Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal27 moves23.33Daniel Karnaukh
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round40.0732.54Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.651.90Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round10.777.85Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round9.537.50Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.3323.67Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round19.1315.79Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round36.4134.09Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:05.5254.96Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round6.163.62Daniel Karnaukh
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round18.327.02Daniel Karnaukh

Full careers: Walker Welch · Daniel Karnaukh. 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.