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Carter Kucala vs Ryan Pilat

Two careers, 303 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 Ryan Pilat (United States) have met in 303 rounds across 17 competitions since 2018. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ryan Pilat leads Carter Kucala: 188 finishes in front to 113 and 2 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Ryan Pilat holds the faster single in 12, Carter Kucala in 5.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageRyan Pilat singleaverage
3×34.716.493.345.44
2×20.621.390.691.29
4×422.8228.4920.9524.12
5×547.1153.3240.9646.43
6×61:31.341:42.681:19.791:26.20
7×72:28.112:39.631:56.582:08.11
3×3 blindfolded15.9920.4615.4920.54
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3319 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed7.709.456.4310.35
Clock3.444.463.103.89
Megaminx40.1545.3834.5838.77
Pyraminx1.381.900.961.54
Skewb0.751.521.573.03
Square-14.557.413.415.81
4×4 blindfolded2:16.893:06.822:08.443:28.26
5×5 blindfolded5:59.468:24.716:46.887:23.35
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 33 cubes · 59:0123 of 23 cubes · 56:11

Year by year

every meeting, 303 rounds in all
20182026busiest year: 95 meetings2018: 62019: 172021: 192023: 952024: 622025: 282026: 76

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaRyan Pilatahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Semi Final7.386.49Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round6.876.62Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round7.616.15Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round21.4919.24Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round30.7920.07Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal21.08Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal21.6724 movesCarter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal2 of 2 cubes · 1:22Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round13.0911.54Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round11.5610.87Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4Second round34.6728.09Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round30.1526.32Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:01.7447.46Ryan Pilat
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal8:53.43Carter Kucala

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Ryan Pilat. 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.