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Walker Welch vs Krish Shah-Nathwani

Two careers, 180 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 Krish Shah-Nathwani (United States) have met in 180 rounds across 15 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Krish Shah-Nathwani leads Walker Welch: 113 finishes in front to 67.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Walker Welch holds the faster single in 7, Krish Shah-Nathwani in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventWalker Welch singleaverageKrish Shah-Nathwani singleaverage
3×36.808.665.096.54
2×20.661.820.751.46
4×429.6133.5426.8530.77
5×555.061:02.2255.751:00.65
6×61:37.221:43.401:57.872:01.53
7×72:23.872:34.433:18.303:35.33
3×3 blindfolded38.461:18.8646.121:14.83
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.0019 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed12.0515.3511.2515.17
Clock4.356.147.238.42
Megaminx50.0859.0439.7248.70
Pyraminx2.063.671.032.45
Skewb1.383.881.313.88
Square-17.8813.836.519.00
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:024 of 4 cubes · 18:08

Year by year

every meeting, 180 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 45 meetings2016: 112017: 162018: 182019: 452022: 272023: 182024: 192025: 152026: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundWalker WelchKrish Shah-Nathwaniahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round2.931.64Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.252.04Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round10.826.98Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:17.33Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal27 moves24.00Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round20.1219.15Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round40.0733.92Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:05.001:10.47Walker Welch
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round8.883.67Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round6.094.25Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21.0022.00Walker Welch
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.3322.67Krish Shah-Nathwani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.651.46Krish Shah-Nathwani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round10.778.97Krish Shah-Nathwani

Full careers: Walker Welch · 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.