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Carter Kucala vs Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)

Two careers, 51 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 Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) (Malaysia) have met in 51 rounds across 3 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨): 30 finishes in front to 20 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 10, Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageNg Jia Quan (黄佳铨) singleaverage
3×34.716.495.527.00
2×20.621.390.791.37
4×422.8228.4921.3226.38
5×547.1153.3244.0849.64
6×61:31.341:42.681:22.451:33.08
7×72:28.112:39.632:11.582:25.78
3×3 blindfolded15.9920.4621.7725.74
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3321 moves23.67
3×3 one-handed7.709.458.6711.47
Clock3.444.463.113.69
Megaminx40.1545.3835.8840.48
Pyraminx1.381.900.782.31
Skewb0.751.521.182.85
Square-14.557.415.477.36
4×4 blindfolded2:16.893:06.822:34.453:24.63
5×5 blindfolded5:59.468:24.716:03.377:59.69
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 33 cubes · 59:0120 of 20 cubes · 55:21

Year by year

every meeting, 51 rounds in all
20192024busiest year: 25 meetings2019: 252023: 252024: 1

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaNg Jia Quan (黄佳铨)ahead
2024FMC 20243×3 Fewest MovesFinal22 moves25 movesCarter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round1.601.91Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2Second round1.831.87Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round7.649.34Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3Second round7.717.75Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedFirst round19.1240.76Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 blindfoldedSecond round29.4537.87Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 Fewest MovesFinal24.0029 movesCarter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 Multi-BlindFinal29 of 31 cubes · 58:4414 of 21 cubes · 1:00:00Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedFirst round12.2014.29Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3 one-handedSecond round12.3114.02Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4First round30.2832.02Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20234×4 blindfoldedFinal5:02.42Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20235×5First round58.4956.30Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨). 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.