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Rowe Hessler vs Carter Kucala

Two careers, 131 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.

Rowe Hessler (United States) and Carter Kucala (United States) have met in 131 rounds across 16 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Rowe Hessler leads Carter Kucala: 71 finishes in front to 57 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 17 shared events, Carter Kucala holds the faster single in 13, Rowe Hessler in 4.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventRowe Hessler singleaverageCarter Kucala singleaverage
3×36.137.474.716.49
2×20.962.250.621.39
4×427.5131.6022.8228.49
5×51:03.681:11.9647.1153.32
6×62:14.212:19.431:31.341:42.68
7×74:02.904:10.902:28.112:39.63
3×3 blindfolded15.1019.4715.9920.46
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.3318 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed11.4113.817.709.45
Clock11.7514.593.444.46
Megaminx45.9552.7340.1545.38
Pyraminx4.218.941.381.90
Skewb3.945.040.751.52
Square-15.878.564.557.41
4×4 blindfolded1:59.252:24.422:16.893:06.82
5×5 blindfolded4:22.635:57.865:59.468:24.71
3×3 Multi-Blind63 of 66 cubes · 59:5032 of 33 cubes · 59:01

Year by year

every meeting, 131 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 29 meetings2016: 52017: 42018: 292019: 112022: 222023: 142024: 292025: 122026: 5

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundRowe HesslerCarter Kucalaahead
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3Second round9.666.87Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3First round8.647.61Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedSecond round19.3721.49Rowe Hessler
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.4430.79Carter Kucala
2026Rubik's WCA North American Championship 20263×3 blindfoldedFinal20.89Rowe Hessler
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3Second round8.777.46Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round7.477.38Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round22.6224.07Rowe Hessler
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round23.2221.64Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal45 of 56 cubes · 59:2425 of 36 cubes · 1:00:00Rowe Hessler
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinaltie
2025Efficient in Elmsford Winter 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round23.1922.67Carter Kucala
2025Efficient in Elmsford Winter 20253×3 blindfoldedFinal22.1021.82Rowe Hessler
2025Efficient in Elmsford Winter 20253×3 Fewest MovesFirst round36.6722.00Carter Kucala

Full careers: Rowe Hessler · 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.