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Carter Kucala vs Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez

Two careers, 49 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 Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez (Mexico) have met in 49 rounds across 4 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez: 42 finishes in front to 6 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 17, Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez in 0.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageEmilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez singleaverage
3×34.716.496.448.51
2×20.621.391.141.74
4×422.8228.4929.3237.56
5×547.1153.3257.081:07.50
6×61:31.341:42.682:01.982:10.09
7×72:28.112:39.632:54.353:01.84
3×3 blindfolded15.9920.4621.8228.04
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3328 moves35.00
3×3 one-handed7.709.4513.1315.79
Clock3.444.464.745.52
Megaminx40.1545.3842.7348.53
Pyraminx1.381.901.623.43
Skewb0.751.520.952.03
Square-14.557.418.1410.98
4×4 blindfolded2:16.893:06.824:07.20
5×5 blindfolded5:59.468:24.7110:30.00
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 33 cubes · 59:0119 of 21 cubes · 59:51

Year by year

every meeting, 49 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 19 meetings2018: 12022: 132024: 192025: 16

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaEmilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménezahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round1.832.14Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.122.22Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.3810.96Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round24.0741.50Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.8517.86Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.5442.43Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinaltie
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:03.751:10.04Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:52.372:18.58Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:42.903:31.41Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round7.477.33Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round54.1757.37Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round2.985.65Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbSecond round2.212.45Carter Kucala

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez. 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.