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Mason Langenderfer vs Carter Kucala

Two careers, 379 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.

Mason Langenderfer (United States) and Carter Kucala (United States) have met in 379 rounds across 24 competitions since 2017. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Mason Langenderfer: 327 finishes in front to 48 and 4 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 15, Mason Langenderfer in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventMason Langenderfer singleaverageCarter Kucala singleaverage
3×36.348.324.716.49
2×20.852.050.621.39
4×428.9032.3122.8228.49
5×557.541:05.8547.1153.32
6×61:55.392:05.681:31.341:42.68
7×73:10.513:19.132:28.112:39.63
3×3 blindfolded17.3024.6915.9920.46
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves29.6718 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed8.3511.647.709.45
Clock5.656.833.444.46
Megaminx49.6355.3540.1545.38
Pyraminx2.303.401.381.90
Skewb1.082.620.751.52
Square-19.6414.134.557.41
4×4 blindfolded2:12.402:47.762:16.893:06.82
5×5 blindfolded5:39.9311:01.005:59.468:24.71
3×3 Multi-Blind28 of 31 cubes · 52:0232 of 33 cubes · 59:01

Year by year

every meeting, 379 rounds in all
20172026busiest year: 90 meetings2017: 162018: 282019: 182022: 642023: 772024: 902025: 462026: 40

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundMason LangenderferCarter Kucalaahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20262×2First round3.432.20Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round9.737.61Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.306.87Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal23.55Mason Langenderfer
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round23.3921.49Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round29.3230.79Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 Multi-BlindFinal27 of 31 cubes · 1:00:00Mason Langenderfer
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedSecond round14.7613.09Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 one-handedFirst round14.4411.56Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4First round36.6930.15Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20264×4 blindfoldedFinal2:43.064:11.52Mason Langenderfer
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5First round1:09.971:01.74Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20265×5 blindfoldedFinal8:53.43Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026PyraminxFirst round7.943.10Carter Kucala

Full careers: Mason Langenderfer · 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.