Fun Statistics

Here you see a selection of fun statistics, based on official WCA competition results.

Generated on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:43:30 -0800.

  
Youngest and oldest 3x3 solvers (info)
Person Years Months Days Time     |     Person Years Months Days Time  
Enxi Xie46101:28.06     |     Xinxian Li886164:43.52 
Yui Tomita48141:48.28     |     Martin Berger8011292:38.94 
Shufan Wang49196:19.50     |     Rune Wesström7941944.19 
Valentine Chung5 223:04.04     |     Hideaki Tomoyori7610343.65 
Emilien Combaret51232:01.05     |     Zhiwei Jin757141:43.80 
Daniël Hop51302:06.65     |     Xiansheng Chen752282:17.61 
Ashvin Ganesan5461:31.86     |     Haruo Aoki73101337.77 
Yiwen Zhang56281:47.68     |     Huimin Zhu7111211:30.63 
John Ismael Ugelstad57211:43.63     |     Valerie Elson694263:04.11 
Xu Guo 2581242.68     |     Mohammad Azhari65772:38.00 
  
Youngest and oldest 3x3 blindfolded solvers (info)
Person Years Months Days Time     |     Person Years Months Days Time  
Justin Adsuara10216:33.75     |     Mats Bergsten599172:39.80 
Bernett Orlando104213:55.77     |     Bill McGaugh574178:43.22 
Shusei Tabuchi10644:06.75     |     Bruce Norskog52916:01.84 
Will Ballard1110 6:35.56     |     Ernie Valdés52575:14.00 
Raphael Talatala111193:18.84     |     Mats Luthman493193:06.53 
Douwe Wermer12 77:17.03     |     Ton Dennenbroek4810244:47.58 
Mats Valk122153:32.09     |     John Louis489239:42.40 
Kevin Kapinos123287:59.13     |     Hans van der Zijden479 6:33.37 
Andrea Monti127177:55.84     |     Mike Hughey47871:46.63 
Mingwei Huang121087:17.96     |     Park Sang-Dong47613:50.58 
  
Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person Gold Silver Bronze     |     Person Gold Silver Bronze  
Erik Akkersdijk2481     |     Erik Akkersdijk1867847 
Edouard Chambon1792     |     Dan Cohen1014518 
Tomasz Zolnowski1631     |     Timothy Sun731617 
Shotaro Makisumi1311     |     Gunnar Krig653735 
Leyan Lo10127     |     Edouard Chambon503812 
Gunnar Krig1075     |     Lars Vandenbergh497049 
Harris Chan101      |     Clément Gallet484841 
Anssi Vanhala911     |     Pedro Santos Guimarães48102 
Rowe Hessler833     |     Takao Hashimoto471310 
Breandan Vallance82      |     Milán Baticz464636 
  
Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (Single | Average)
Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5     |     Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5  
Erik Akkersdijk7142     |     Erik Akkersdijk8332 
Dan Cohen151311     |     Dan Cohen16961 
Syuhei Omura288218     |     Yumu Tabuchi275913 
Milán Baticz3391113     |     Milán Baticz3313812 
Yumu Tabuchi3513814     |     Yu Nakajima3410168 
Yu Nakajima5263511     |     Haixu Zhang352645 
Piti Pichedpan5522924     |     Mats Valk3941223 
Bence Barát6840208     |     Breandan Vallance4261917 
Haixu Zhang695955     |     Syuhei Omura4327511 
Breandan Vallance69162528     |     Robert Yau4521222 
  
Sum of all single ranks
Person Sum 333 444 555 222 BF OH FM FT meg pyr sq1 clo 666 777 mag mma 4BF 5BF MBF MBO  
Erik Akkersdijk3531421551826315383036104239133827 
Dan Cohen55413111412022276216105122349839135555 
Milán Baticz6509111324293112128141283518181453439133621 
Bence Barát9394020834881201917107412876468103913130140 
Timothy Sun117096392630161291988711933391142883635813926 
Olivér Perge1454202988412849296212873122861373951739132510 
Yumu Tabuchi145713814849161271251175011525735157148713130140 
Henrik Buus Aagaard14751841301265080191127060375684135121264622131814 
Lucas Garron1541116376219431061284515931329793269110391369136 
Michael Gottlieb17157027151872762996128129214672951053583913130140 
  
Sum of all average ranks
Person Sum 333 444 555 222 OH FT meg pyr sq1 clo 666 777 mag mma  
Erik Akkersdijk248332829101137338391541 
Milán Baticz3541381242258189041222113293 
Dan Cohen3889617245581738311117551 
Bence Barát4891171416711819820785435120 
Timothy Sun871402337141029848932511671842415 
Mats Valk93841223271153919527421411132102168 
Michal Halczuk96472166129193585710513492219468 
Pascal So10053431791651581555332544510558171 
Yumu Tabuchi1062591328158138712716616747144188 
Michael Gottlieb1078211201521063581209977375127378 
  
Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person Appearances     |     Person Appearances  
Tomasz Zolnowski19     |     Erik Akkersdijk26 
Erik Akkersdijk16     |     Tomasz Zolnowski23 
Harris Chan4     |     Harris Chan9 
Rowe Hessler4     |     Breandan Vallance6 
Yumu Tabuchi4     |     Yu Nakajima4 
Edouard Chambon4     |     Yumu Tabuchi4 
Piti Pichedpan4     |     Mats Valk4 
Eric Limeback3     |     Rowe Hessler3 
Kanneti Sae Han3     |     Robert Yau2 
Yu Nakajima3     |     Milán Baticz2 
  
Blindfold 3x3x3 longest success streak
Person Length   Best Avg Worst When?  
Clément Gallet31 2:10.213:02.135:28.43Apr 2008 - Jan 2009 
Bernett Orlando15 2:24.693:24.695:22.03Oct 2006 - Oct 2008 
Rafal Guzewicz14 1:04.281:27.742:45.55Aug 2008 - Sep 2009 
Leyan Lo12 1:28.821:55.902:22.84Jan 2006 - Aug 2006 
Stefan Pochmann12 3:01.584:29.735:52.06Oct 2007 - Aug 2009 
Péter Róka10 2:03.153:18.994:59.21Oct 2007 - Oct 2008 
Mario Laurent10 3:55.055:55.977:03.00Apr 2009 - Jun 2009 
Alexander Yu8 1:00.621:17.471:47.11Feb 2008 - Apr 2008 
István Kocza8 1:46.462:19.392:43.66Oct 2009 - ongoing... 
Dennis Strehlau8 1:37.502:59.467:20.08Feb 2008 - Apr 2008 
  
Blindfold 3x3x3 recent success rate (since Dec 15, 2008 - minimum 5 attempts)
Person Rate Solves Attempts   Best Avg Worst  
Witold Kozak100.00 %55 3:54.614:09.874:26.50 
Anton Rostovikov85.71 %67 2:31.433:07.283:49.44 
Marcell Endrey83.33 %56 1:21.432:00.153:28.69 
Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas83.33 %56 1:58.412:54.613:49.69 
Mohamad Azraei83.33 %56 2:34.973:38.304:49.84 
Bastien Bonnet80.00 %45 1:30.431:39.251:48.65 
Eivind Fonn80.00 %45 4:11.654:44.165:04.69 
Devin Corr-Robinett80.00 %45 4:31.066:00.117:16.09 
Rafal Guzewicz75.00 %912 1:05.941:20.601:39.59 
Stefan Pochmann75.00 %68 3:47.684:33.085:52.06 
  
World records in most events (current and past)
Person Events     |     Competition Events     |     Country Events  
Mátyás Kuti7     |     World Championship 200313     |     USA17 
Stefan Pochmann6     |     Euro 20047     |     Netherlands11 
Dan Cohen5     |     US Nationals 20067     |     Japan10 
Erik Akkersdijk5     |     World Championship 20057     |     Poland10 
Chris Hardwick4     |     Belgian Open 20086     |     Sweden9 
Shotaro Makisumi4     |     Polish Open 20076     |     Germany8 
Gunnar Krig3     |     Belgian Open 20075     |     Hungary8 
Jaap Scherphuis3     |     Caltech Dallas 20055     |     France7 
Lars Vandenbergh3     |     Dutch Open 20065     |     Belgium5 
Michal Halczuk3     |     Euro 20065     |     China5 
  
3x3x3 best standard deviation
Person Standard Deviation Times  
Frank Chang0.1423.34   23.33   23.11   23.02   23.37 
Michael Gottlieb0.1515.09   15.18   14.84   15.30   15.05 
Alex Datuin0.1528.37   28.78   28.53   28.57   28.78 
Balázs Bernát0.1616.63   16.15   16.33   16.34   16.21 
Meng Wang0.1716.31   16.56   16.47   16.05   16.38 
John-Michael Clay0.1715.05   15.40   14.90   14.94   15.05 
Jake Ruth0.1820.28   20.52   20.21   20.65   20.18 
Toby Mao0.1918.15   18.40   18.75   18.55   18.53 
Anssi Vanhala0.2016.90   16.64   17.15   16.63   16.68 
Harris Chan0.2111.00   11.58   11.22   11.00   11.22 
  
Best 3x3 Podiums
Competition Sum First   Second   Third    
World Championship 200933.90Breandan Vallance10.74Erik Akkersdijk11.52Tomasz Zolnowski11.64 
Dutch Open 200934.46Mats Valk10.61Erik Akkersdijk11.50Dan Dzoan12.35 
Dutch Nationals 200934.83Erik Akkersdijk11.57Mats Valk11.58Rama Temmink11.68 
Osaka Open 200935.50Yumu Tabuchi10.83Takumi Yoshida12.22Yohei Oka12.45 
German Open 200935.64Erik Akkersdijk11.14Mats Valk11.85Rama Temmink12.65 
Czech Open 200835.82Erik Akkersdijk11.55Jean Pons11.99Rama Temmink12.28 
Osaka Open 200835.91Yu Nakajima11.33Mitsuki Gunji11.88Takumi Yoshida12.70 
Japan Open 200935.98Yumu Tabuchi11.53Mitsuki Gunji12.07Syuhei Omura12.38 
Czech Open 200936.00Erik Akkersdijk10.91Tomasz Zolnowski12.17Kanneti Sae Han12.92 
Japan Open 200836.11Yu Nakajima11.31Yohei Oka12.27Keisuke Hiraya12.53 
  
Oldest standing world records
Event Type Days Result Person Competition  
Rubik's ClockAverage8228.60Mátyás KutiPolish Open 2007 
Master MagicSingle6821.72Mátyás KutiBelgian Open 2008 
PyraminxSingle6602.83Tomasz KiedrowiczGdansk Open 2008 
5x5 blindfoldedSingle57715:22.00Chris HardwickWashington DC Open 2008 
Rubik's CubeSingle5217.08Erik AkkersdijkCzech Open 2008 
Master MagicAverage4521.95Máté HorváthEuro 2008 
2x2 CubeSingle4020.96Erik AkkersdijkGeneva Open 2008 
4x4 blindfoldedSingle2694:46.19Chris HardwickChattahoochee Spring 2009 
5x5 CubeAverage2691:16.75Dan Cohen 
MegaminxAverage2551:04.34Erik AkkersdijkDanish Open 2009 
  
Most Persons (info)
Event Persons     |     Competition Persons     |     Country Persons  
Rubik's Cube7724     |     World Championship 2009327     |     USA1939 
2x2 Cube3003     |     World Championship 2007214     |     China1138 
4x4 Cube2301     |     Beijing Summer Open 2009162     |     Japan425 
3x3 one-handed2138     |     Guangdong Open 2009162     |     Spain315 
Rubik's Magic1516     |     Spanish Championship 2009159     |     Taiwan306 
5x5 Cube1360     |     Malaysian Open 2009151     |     Korea290 
Pyraminx1071     |     San Francisco Open 2009150     |     Philippines289 
3x3 blindfolded980     |     Beijing Metropolis Open 2009149     |     Canada280 
Megaminx615     |     Guangdong Open 2008149     |     Hungary280 
Square-1610     |     World Championship 2005149     |     France270 
  
Most Competitions (info)
Person Competitions     |     Event Competitions     |     Country Competitions  
Lars Vandenbergh62     |     Rubik's Cube391     |     USA123 
Ton Dennenbroek58     |     4x4 Cube355     |     Japan26 
Bob Burton56     |     3x3 blindfolded347     |     France21 
Arnaud van Galen53     |     3x3 one-handed345     |     Poland20 
Ron van Bruchem52     |     2x2 Cube301     |     Sweden20 
Shelley Chang51     |     5x5 Cube296     |     China19 
Clément Gallet50     |     Rubik's Magic262     |     Netherlands18 
Adam Zamora48     |     Square-1196     |     Spain16 
Erik Akkersdijk44     |     Master Magic182     |     Germany14 
Leyan Lo42     |     Pyraminx174     |     Canada13 
  
Most Countries (info)
Person Countries     |     Event Countries     |     Competition Countries  
Anders Larsson17     |     Rubik's Cube38     |     World Championship 200932 
Clément Gallet16     |     4x4 Cube38     |     World Championship 200728 
Lars Vandenbergh16     |     2x2 Cube37     |     World Championship 198219 
Arnaud van Galen15     |     3x3 blindfolded37     |     World Championship 200517 
Ton Dennenbroek14     |     3x3 one-handed37     |     Euro 200616 
István Kocza13     |     5x5 Cube36     |     French Open 200915 
Olivér Perge13     |     Rubik's Magic31     |     World Championship 200315 
Ron van Bruchem12     |     Megaminx31     |     Euro 200814 
Bence Barát11     |     Pyraminx31     |     Euro 200413 
Erik Akkersdijk11     |     Square-130     |     US Nationals 200913 
  
Most solves or DNFs in one competition
Person Solves Competition     |     Person DNFs Competition  
Erik Akkersdijk119 / 134Polish Open 2009     |     Yuxuan Wang33 / 42Beijing Summer Open 2009 
Kamil Zielinski109 / 112Polish Open 2009     |     Olivér Perge19 / 69Swiss Open 2009 
Timothy Sun109 / 118US Nationals 2009     |     Kai Jiptner15 / 92Polish Open 2009 
Bence Barát108 / 114Bristol Open 2009     |     Dan Cohen15 / 113US Nationals 2009 
Pedro Santos Guimarães104 / 112UNESP Open 2009     |     Erik Akkersdijk15 / 134Polish Open 2009 
David Woner103 / 111US Nationals 2009     |     Jason Gyani12 / 37Toulouse Summer Open 2008 
Simon Westlund101 / 102Swedish Cube Day 2009     |     Samuel Djian12 / 55Lyon Spring Open 2009 
Marek Wójtowicz99 / 101Polish Open 2009     |     Pedro Santos Guimarães12 / 70São Paulo Open 2009 
Dan Cohen98 / 113US Nationals 2009     |     Cem Karabulut11 / 19German Open 2009 
Rafael Werneck Cinoto97 / 108UNESP Open 2009     |     Attila Homok11 / 33Czech Open 2009