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Brandon Lin (林博浩) vs Carter Kucala

Two careers, 108 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.

Brandon Lin (林博浩) (United States) and Carter Kucala (United States) have met in 108 rounds across 9 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Brandon Lin (林博浩): 91 finishes in front to 15 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 15, Brandon Lin (林博浩) in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventBrandon Lin (林博浩) singleaverageCarter Kucala singleaverage
3×37.639.394.716.49
2×21.562.900.621.39
4×430.3135.4922.8228.49
5×558.991:12.8747.1153.32
6×62:14.272:25.461:31.341:42.68
7×73:42.383:48.582:28.112:39.63
3×3 blindfolded20.0025.9015.9920.46
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.6718 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed12.0715.987.709.45
Clock8.289.643.444.46
Megaminx44.9254.4940.1545.38
Pyraminx2.905.471.381.90
Skewb4.096.260.751.52
Square-16.468.284.557.41
4×4 blindfolded2:10.823:41.712:16.893:06.82
5×5 blindfolded7:09.715:59.468:24.71
3×3 Multi-Blind40 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0032 of 33 cubes · 59:01

Year by year

every meeting, 108 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 33 meetings2019: 122022: 132023: 332024: 282025: 172026: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundBrandon Lin (林博浩)Carter Kucalaahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round26.4721.49Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round27.6230.79Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal38 of 45 cubes · 1:00:00Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:10.824:11.52Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026Square-1First round12.847.75Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal28 of 35 cubes · 59:09Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round4.072.12Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round11.807.38Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.2124.07Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round21.64Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal27 of 33 cubes · 59:5825 of 36 cubes · 1:00:00Brandon Lin (林博浩)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round19.1312.85Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round37.5634.54Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinaltie

Full careers: Brandon Lin (林博浩) · Carter Kucala. 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.