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Carter Kucala vs Jinseo Hong

Two careers, 66 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 Jinseo Hong (Republic of Korea) have met in 66 rounds across 3 competitions since 2022. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Jinseo Hong: 38 finishes in front to 28.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 13 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 10, Jinseo Hong in 3.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageJinseo Hong singleaverage
3×34.716.496.037.43
2×20.621.391.322.62
4×422.8228.4921.8527.41
5×547.1153.3243.2648.72
6×61:31.341:42.681:25.071:33.31
7×72:28.112:39.632:35.362:48.90
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3336 moves43.33
3×3 one-handed7.709.4510.9012.26
Clock3.444.466.628.85
Megaminx40.1545.3851.0957.39
Pyraminx1.381.901.502.36
Skewb0.751.521.793.65
Square-14.557.418.8413.03

Year by year

every meeting, 66 rounds in all
20222023busiest year: 49 meetings2022: 492023: 17

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaJinseo Hongahead
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round1.604.11Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round7.648.46Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round7.717.80Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round12.2013.92Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedSecond round12.3112.49Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4Second round32.4729.11Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round30.2829.00Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5First round58.4950.92Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5Second round55.6950.24Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20236×6First round1:46.791:44.42Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20237×7First round2:54.013:07.12Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023ClockFirst round7.019.77Jinseo Hong
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023MegaminxFirst round55.931:06.15Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023PyraminxSecond round3.184.18Carter Kucala

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Jinseo Hong. 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.