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Carter Kucala vs Nico Harper (李有為)

Two careers, 84 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 Nico Harper (李有為) (United States) have met in 84 rounds across 6 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Nico Harper (李有為): 68 finishes in front to 16.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 15, Nico Harper (李有為) in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageNico Harper (李有為) singleaverage
3×34.716.496.027.77
2×20.621.391.392.30
4×422.8228.4926.1130.62
5×547.1153.3248.9855.70
6×61:31.341:42.681:38.441:51.31
7×72:28.112:39.632:37.392:46.44
3×3 blindfolded15.9920.461:15.09
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3328 moves37.67
3×3 one-handed7.709.4510.7812.86
Clock3.444.465.116.42
Megaminx40.1545.3828.6534.89
Pyraminx1.381.902.383.65
Skewb0.751.522.474.69
Square-14.557.414.738.32
4×4 blindfolded2:16.893:06.8212:42.00
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 33 cubes · 59:016 of 7 cubes · 28:07

Year by year

every meeting, 84 rounds in all
20182025busiest year: 19 meetings2018: 102019: 192021: 72022: 162024: 172025: 15

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaNico Harper (李有為)ahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round2.124.00Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.468.44Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.388.34Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round24.07Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round12.8515.39Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round34.5430.69Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:03.7559.36Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round1:52.37Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20257×7First round3:42.902:54.51Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025ClockFirst round7.479.12Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round54.1737.20Nico Harper (李有為)
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round2.987.18Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round3.226.57Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1Second round10.559.64Nico Harper (李有為)

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Nico Harper (李有為). 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.