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Carter Kucala vs Ryan Wu

Two careers, 156 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 Wu (Canada) have met in 156 rounds across 7 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Ryan Wu: 79 finishes in front to 76 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 16 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 10, Ryan Wu in 6.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventCarter Kucala singleaverageRyan Wu singleaverage
3×34.716.494.806.34
2×20.621.390.541.49
4×422.8228.4922.1126.25
5×547.1153.3243.1753.99
6×61:31.341:42.681:29.651:42.99
7×72:28.112:39.632:17.182:35.92
3×3 blindfolded15.9920.4646.891:05.28
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.3329 moves33.00
3×3 one-handed7.709.458.6611.33
Clock3.444.465.166.53
Megaminx40.1545.3836.2444.39
Pyraminx1.381.901.922.88
Skewb0.751.521.923.50
Square-14.557.417.8410.13
4×4 blindfolded2:16.893:06.827:19.048:23.18
3×3 Multi-Blind32 of 33 cubes · 59:0111 of 12 cubes · 56:35

Year by year

every meeting, 156 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 65 meetings2019: 12022: 652023: 582025: 32

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundCarter KucalaRyan Wuahead
2025Championnat Canadien 20252×2Second round1.742.91Carter Kucala
2025Championnat Canadien 20252×2First round1.871.78Ryan Wu
2025Championnat Canadien 20252×2Final4.401.64Ryan Wu
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3First round7.266.67Ryan Wu
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3Final6.907.90Carter Kucala
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3Semi Final7.186.71Ryan Wu
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3Second round7.906.68Ryan Wu
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round23.891:08.99Carter Kucala
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal20.481:11.81Carter Kucala
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round32.171:04.12Carter Kucala
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal23 of 36 cubes · 1:00:006 of 7 cubes · 43:15Carter Kucala
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3 one-handedFirst round13.1714.37Carter Kucala
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3 one-handedFinal12.2411.33Ryan Wu
2025Championnat Canadien 20253×3 one-handedSecond round12.7611.95Ryan Wu

Full careers: Carter Kucala · Ryan Wu. 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.