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Shivam Bansal vs Carter Kucala

Two careers, 51 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.

Shivam Bansal (India) and Carter Kucala (United States) have met in 51 rounds across 5 competitions since 2019. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Carter Kucala leads Shivam Bansal: 34 finishes in front to 17.

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

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventShivam Bansal singleaverageCarter Kucala singleaverage
3×36.579.274.716.49
2×21.022.240.621.39
4×426.3732.9022.8228.49
5×556.901:04.8647.1153.32
6×61:43.861:50.031:31.341:42.68
7×72:47.972:52.392:28.112:39.63
3×3 blindfolded22.0527.1515.9920.46
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves28.3318 moves20.33
3×3 one-handed9.7213.047.709.45
Clock6.868.833.444.46
Megaminx52.3658.2940.1545.38
Pyraminx1.433.401.381.90
Skewb2.125.220.751.52
Square-110.1913.774.557.41
4×4 blindfolded2:30.143:06.582:16.893:06.82
5×5 blindfolded5:12.909:15.685:59.468:24.71
3×3 Multi-Blind48 of 48 cubes · 59:4832 of 33 cubes · 59:01

Year by year

every meeting, 51 rounds in all
20192026busiest year: 20 meetings2019: 202023: 202025: 102026: 1

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundShivam BansalCarter Kucalaahead
2026FMC World 20263×3 Fewest MovesFinal29.6721.00Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3First round10.107.38Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedSecond round27.8821.64Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 blindfoldedFirst round28.4524.07Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 Multi-BlindFinal43 of 46 cubes · 1:00:0025 of 36 cubes · 1:00:00Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20253×3 one-handedFirst round16.4912.85Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4First round38.2734.54Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20254×4 blindfoldedFinal3:06.58Shivam Bansal
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20255×5 blindfoldedFinal7:49.005:59.46Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 20256×6First round2:14.521:52.37Carter Kucala
2025Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025SkewbFirst round7.593.22Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2First round3.421.60Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20232×2Second round4.681.83Carter Kucala
2023Rubik's WCA World Championship 20233×3First round10.377.64Carter Kucala

Full careers: Shivam Bansal · 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.