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Carter Kucala vs Ben Baron

Two careers, 111 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.

Carter Kucala (United States) and Ben Baron (Israel) have met in 111 rounds across 7 competitions since 2021. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ben Baron leads Carter Kucala: 63 finishes in front to 46 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ben Baron holds the faster single in 11, Carter Kucala in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageBen Baron singleaverage
3×34.716.494.525.88
2×20.621.390.731.39
4×422.8228.4921.7625.89
5×547.1153.3243.1348.82
6×61:31.341:42.681:25.491:32.20
7×72:28.112:39.632:11.662:23.52
3×3 blindfolded15.9920.4614.8518.05
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3321 moves22.67
3×3 one-handed7.709.457.299.29
Clock3.444.463.374.41
Megaminx40.1545.3834.5337.29
Pyraminx1.381.901.402.20
Skewb0.751.521.332.41
Square-14.557.415.638.73
4×4 blindfolded2:16.893:06.822:09.923:39.35
5×5 blindfolded5:59.468:24.715:59.24
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 33 cubes · 59:0131 of 35 cubes · 57:24

Year by year

every meeting, 111 rounds in all
20212025busiest year: 27 meetings2021: 192022: 182023: 232024: 272025: 24

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaBen Baronahead
2025FMC under the Mistletoe 20253×3 Fewest MovesFirst round21.0026.00Carter Kucala
2025FMC under the Mistletoe 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal23.0024.00Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round1.833.14Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.122.13Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.387.39Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round24.0718.68Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round21.6421.00Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal22.0023 movesCarter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal25 of 36 cubes · 1:00:0028 of 37 cubes · 1:00:00Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedSecond round10.8511.29Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.8512.00Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.5429.08Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal3:41.78Ben Baron
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:03.7553.26Ben Baron

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Ben Baron. 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.