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Carter Kucala vs Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)

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.

Carter Kucala (United States) and Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) (China) have met in 41 rounds across 3 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) leads Carter Kucala: 35 finishes in front to 6.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 7, Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageJiazhou Li (李佳洲) singleaverage
3×34.716.494.456.18
2×20.621.390.411.17
4×422.8228.4921.0224.57
5×547.1153.3242.2846.86
6×61:31.341:42.681:34.581:41.55
7×72:28.112:39.632:37.732:43.78
3×3 blindfolded15.9920.4627.5831.95
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3327 moves31.33
3×3 one-handed7.709.456.1510.11
Clock3.444.465.476.76
Megaminx40.1545.3839.8946.41
Pyraminx1.381.901.311.71
Skewb0.751.521.483.23
Square-14.557.414.576.59

Year by year

every meeting, 41 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 18 meetings2019: 182023: 122025: 11

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaJiazhou Li (李佳洲)ahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2Second round1.831.40Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.121.87Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.387.33Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.467.41Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.8512.84Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.5427.67Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:03.7553.01Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round2.983.08Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxSecond round2.791.91Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round10.867.25Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round10.557.20Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round1.601.60Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2Second round1.831.70Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round7.647.51Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Jiazhou Li (李佳洲). 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.