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Jan Zych vs Carter Kucala

Two careers, 52 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.

Jan Zych (Poland) and Carter Kucala (United States) have met in 52 rounds across 4 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Jan Zych: 35 finishes in front to 17.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 12, Jan Zych in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJan Zych singleaverageCarter Kucala singleaverage
3×35.656.974.716.49
2×20.601.750.621.39
4×426.0332.6922.8228.49
5×554.461:01.5747.1153.32
6×62:04.442:10.481:31.341:42.68
7×73:23.783:43.272:28.112:39.63
3×3 blindfolded1:51.663:36.6915.9920.46
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves24.0018 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed10.6113.127.709.45
Clock11.9814.603.444.46
Megaminx26.3630.9040.1545.38
Pyraminx2.773.871.381.90
Skewb1.252.940.751.52
Square-18.0512.584.557.41

Year by year

every meeting, 52 rounds in all
20192025busiest year: 16 meetings2019: 142022: 92024: 162025: 13

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJan ZychCarter Kucalaahead
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20252×2First round4.292.12Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round8.417.38Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round7.797.46Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Fewest MovesFinal29.6722.00Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round17.5912.85Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round38.9134.54Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5First round1:08.831:03.75Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:21.391:52.37Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025MegaminxFirst round35.1654.17Jan Zych
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025PyraminxFirst round5.142.98Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbSecond round3.872.21Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round4.133.22Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025Square-1First round17.9610.86Carter Kucala
2024Rubik's WCA European Championship 20242×2First round2.402.77Jan Zych

Full careers: Jan Zych · Carter Kucala. 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.