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Carter Kucala vs Krish Shah-Nathwani

Two careers, 225 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 Krish Shah-Nathwani (United States) have met in 225 rounds across 14 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Krish Shah-Nathwani: 148 finishes in front to 75 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 13, Krish Shah-Nathwani in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageKrish Shah-Nathwani singleaverage
3×34.716.495.096.54
2×20.621.390.751.46
4×422.8228.4926.8530.77
5×547.1153.3255.751:00.65
6×61:31.341:42.681:57.872:01.53
7×72:28.112:39.633:18.303:35.33
3×3 blindfolded15.9920.4646.121:14.83
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3319 moves21.00
3×3 one-handed7.709.4511.2515.17
Clock3.444.467.238.42
Megaminx40.1545.3839.7248.70
Pyraminx1.381.901.032.45
Skewb0.751.521.313.88
Square-14.557.416.519.00
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 33 cubes · 59:014 of 4 cubes · 18:08

Year by year

every meeting, 225 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 53 meetings2017: 132018: 162019: 382022: 532023: 482024: 222025: 192026: 16

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaKrish Shah-Nathwaniahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2Second round2.441.64Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round2.202.04Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round6.877.63Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.616.98Krish Shah-Nathwani
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round30.791:17.33Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21.6724.00Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round11.5619.15Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round30.1533.92Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:01.741:10.47Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026MegaminxFirst round55.5555.87Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round3.103.67Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxSecond round3.173.33Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbSecond round2.065.98Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026SkewbFirst round1.854.25Carter Kucala

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Krish Shah-Nathwani. 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.