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Zayn Khanani vs Caleb Chen

Two careers, 41 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.

Zayn Khanani (United States) and Caleb Chen (United States) have met in 41 rounds across 6 competitions since 2023. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Caleb Chen leads Zayn Khanani: 22 finishes in front to 19.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 7 shared events, Zayn Khanani holds the faster single in 4, Caleb Chen in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventZayn Khanani singleaverageCaleb Chen singleaverage
3×34.716.693.715.26
2×20.500.920.591.17
4×428.3532.5838.8544.96
3×3 one-handed8.6111.367.4011.19
Clock7.329.242.983.82
Pyraminx1.933.063.515.28
Skewb0.811.563.365.52

Year by year

every meeting, 41 rounds in all
20232026busiest year: 20 meetings2023: 32024: 122025: 202026: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundZayn KhananiCaleb Chenahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round1.961.67Caleb Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round1.312.05Zayn Khanani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final8.815.95Caleb Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round7.305.85Caleb Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.826.51Caleb Chen
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round15.9912.49Caleb Chen
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20252×2First round1.151.60Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20252×2Final1.101.70Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3First round7.556.04Caleb Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round1.372.60Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round1.091.57Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.756.76Caleb Chen
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.177.37Zayn Khanani
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round14.2714.43Zayn Khanani

Full careers: Zayn Khanani · Caleb Chen. 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.