Fun Statistics

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

Generated on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:52:50 +0100.

  
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 
Shiyan Zhang411291:17.44     |     Hideaki Tomoyori7610343.65 
Valentine Chung5 223:04.04     |     Zhiwei Jin757141:43.80 
Emilien Combaret51232:01.05     |     Xiansheng Chen752282:17.61 
Daniël Hop51302:06.65     |     Haruo Aoki73101337.77 
Haolong Lü5461:15.88     |     Huimin Zhu7111211:30.63 
Ashvin Ganesan5461:31.86     |     Valerie Elson697191:59.27 
Yueran Wang561453.00     |     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 Norskog53 276:55.56 
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 
Yulun Wu123244:48.34     |     Mike Hughey4710231:34.38 
Kevin Kapinos123287:59.13     |     Hans van der Zijden479 6:33.37 
Andrea Monti127177:55.84     |     Park Sang-Dong47613:50.58 
  
Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person Gold Silver Bronze     |     Person Gold Silver Bronze  
Erik Akkersdijk2581     |     Erik Akkersdijk1958050 
Edouard Chambon1792     |     Dan Cohen1044819 
Tomasz Zolnowski1631     |     Timothy Sun851718 
Shotaro Makisumi1411     |     Gunnar Krig653735 
Harris Chan111      |     Clément Gallet545044 
Leyan Lo10127     |     Takao Hashimoto511411 
Gunnar Krig1075     |     Edouard Chambon504013 
Rowe Hessler1033     |     Rowe Hessler503122 
Dan Dzoan9110     |     Pedro Santos Guimarães50102 
Anssi Vanhala911     |     Lars Vandenbergh497149 
  
Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (Single | Average)
Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5     |     Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5  
Erik Akkersdijk10163     |     Feliks Zemdegs6114 
Feliks Zemdegs11722     |     Erik Akkersdijk12543 
Dan Cohen161411     |     Dan Cohen211281 
Syuhei Omura3812422     |     Yumu Tabuchi3471215 
Milán Baticz41131414     |     Milán Baticz40161014 
Yumu Tabuchi44171017     |     Haixu Zhang413056 
Mats Valk5452029     |     Yu Nakajima4313219 
Yu Nakajima6494312     |     Mats Valk4761625 
Piti Pichedpan6533626     |     Breandan Vallance5082418 
Haixu Zhang786576     |     Syuhei Omura5031613 
  
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  
Erik Akkersdijk36416316019273154637381046431737 
Dan Cohen4961411105212431661710615232311431786 
Milán Baticz697131414273034131331514743222017614431730 
Bence Barát94245241040951352118108315939479134317188 
Timothy Sun98110427283310120219100136402714268423981710 
Maarten Smit145314211281148841752113318204917312323154331368 
Mats Valk1534520299426513798310563371151538791924317188 
Yumu Tabuchi1543171017999171381431345912230044175164717188 
Lucas Garron1608157782320501141335316038391211133051234317102 
Olivér Perge161322711393148523282133871409914348619431714 
  
Sum of all average ranks
Person Sum 333 444 555 222 OH FT meg pyr sq1 clo 666 777 mag mma  
Erik Akkersdijk29354313381111483424121746 
Dan Cohen3601281415762184731211889 
Milán Baticz410161014726621910449252316363 
Bence Barát56213719171212921826891536224 
Timothy Sun7404514371947101021033619199632818 
Mats Valk9156162530126438333441521441114188 
Pascal So9412833881530621666381185613269190 
Maarten Smit94516448696018462141727103330121106 
Michal Halczuk110282217158210626812318552221876 
Michael Gottlieb11631662516252746213711678418158687 
  
Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person Appearances     |     Person Appearances  
Tomasz Zolnowski18     |     Erik Akkersdijk27 
Erik Akkersdijk12     |     Tomasz Zolnowski21 
Rowe Hessler6     |     Harris Chan10 
Feliks Zemdegs5     |     Rowe Hessler6 
Piti Pichedpan4     |     Breandan Vallance6 
Edouard Chambon4     |     Mats Valk5 
Harris Chan4     |     Piti Pichedpan3 
Dan Cohen3     |     Yumu Tabuchi3 
Yumu Tabuchi3     |     Yu Nakajima3 
Milán Baticz3     |     Eric Limeback2 
  
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 
István Kocza11 1:46.462:35.174:50.31Oct 2009 - ongoing... 
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 
Dennis Strehlau8 1:37.502:59.467:20.08Feb 2008 - Apr 2008 
  
Blindfold 3x3x3 recent success rate (since Feb 14, 2009 - 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 
Mohamad Azraei83.33 %56 2:34.973:38.304:49.84 
Ángel de Jaén Gotarredona83.33 %56 3:11.314:09.675:06.36 
Bastien Bonnet80.00 %45 1:30.431:39.251:48.65 
Muhammad Iril Khairul Anam80.00 %45 1:01.521:40.853:06.03 
Péter Róka80.00 %45 2:06.092:24.262:55.34 
Eivind Fonn80.00 %45 4:11.654:44.165:04.69 
Mario Laurent76.92 %2026 3:26.445:29.967:03.00 
István Kocza75.86 %2229 1:43.442:28.714:50.31 
  
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     |     Poland11 
Erik Akkersdijk5     |     World Championship 20057     |     Japan10 
Chris Hardwick4     |     Belgian Open 20076     |     Hungary9 
Shotaro Makisumi4     |     Belgian Open 20086     |     Sweden9 
Gunnar Krig3     |     Polish Open 20076     |     Germany8 
Jaap Scherphuis3     |     World Championship 20076     |     France7 
Lars Vandenbergh3     |     Caltech Dallas 20055     |     Belgium5 
Michal Halczuk3     |     Dutch Masters 20085     |     China5 
  
3x3x3 best standard deviation
Person Standard Deviation Times  
Cameron Almasi0.1114.53   14.80   14.55   14.72   14.52 
Xiaobo Jin0.1215.81   15.97   15.84   15.71   15.61 
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 
  
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 
Aachen Open 201036.04Erik Akkersdijk10.78Mats Valk11.96Jan Smarschevski13.30 
  
Oldest standing world records
Event Type Days Result Person Competition  
Rubik's ClockAverage8838.60Mátyás KutiPolish Open 2007 
Master MagicSingle7431.72Mátyás KutiBelgian Open 2008 
PyraminxSingle7212.83Tomasz KiedrowiczGdansk Open 2008 
5x5 blindfoldedSingle63815:22.00Chris HardwickWashington DC Open 2008 
Rubik's CubeSingle5827.08Erik AkkersdijkCzech Open 2008 
Master MagicAverage5131.95Máté HorváthEuro 2008 
2x2 CubeSingle4630.96Erik AkkersdijkGeneva Open 2008 
MegaminxAverage3161:04.34Erik AkkersdijkDanish Open 2009 
3x3 fewest movesSingle29622Jimmy CollBarcelona Open 2009 
5x5 CubeSingle2031:07.25Dan CohenBig Cubes Summer 2009 
  
Most Persons (info)
Event Persons     |     Competition Persons     |     Country Persons  
Rubik's Cube8403     |     World Championship 2009327     |     USA2039 
2x2 Cube3342     |     World Championship 2007214     |     China1268 
4x4 Cube2477     |     Beijing Summer Open 2009162     |     Japan427 
3x3 one-handed2335     |     Guangdong Open 2009162     |     Taiwan347 
Rubik's Magic1658     |     Spanish Championship 2009158     |     Korea326 
5x5 Cube1458     |     Aachen Open 2010154     |     Spain314 
Pyraminx1187     |     Jakarta Open 2010152     |     Canada312 
3x3 blindfolded1065     |     Malaysian Open 2009151     |     India295 
Square-1672     |     San Francisco Open 2009150     |     Germany294 
Megaminx661     |     Beijing Metropolis Open 2009149     |     Philippines289 
  
Most Competitions (info)
Person Competitions     |     Event Competitions     |     Country Competitions  
Lars Vandenbergh64     |     Rubik's Cube420     |     USA131 
Ton Dennenbroek59     |     4x4 Cube378     |     Japan27 
Bob Burton58     |     3x3 blindfolded371     |     China23 
Shelley Chang54     |     3x3 one-handed370     |     France23 
Arnaud van Galen54     |     2x2 Cube326     |     Poland20 
Ron van Bruchem53     |     5x5 Cube316     |     Sweden20 
Clément Gallet52     |     Rubik's Magic283     |     Netherlands18 
Adam Zamora51     |     Square-1213     |     Spain16 
Erik Akkersdijk45     |     Master Magic197     |     Germany15 
Leyan Lo44     |     Pyraminx192     |     Canada14 
  
Most Countries (info)
Person Countries     |     Event Countries     |     Competition Countries  
Anders Larsson19     |     2x2 Cube39     |     World Championship 200932 
Clément Gallet16     |     Rubik's Cube39     |     World Championship 200728 
Lars Vandenbergh16     |     4x4 Cube39     |     World Championship 198219 
Arnaud van Galen15     |     3x3 blindfolded38     |     World Championship 200517 
Ton Dennenbroek14     |     3x3 one-handed38     |     Euro 200616 
István Kocza13     |     5x5 Cube37     |     French Open 200915 
Olivér Perge13     |     Rubik's Magic32     |     World Championship 200315 
Ron van Bruchem12     |     Pyraminx32     |     Aachen Open 201014 
Bence Barát11     |     Megaminx31     |     Euro 200814 
Erik Akkersdijk11     |     Square-131     |     Euro 200413 
  
Most solves or DNFs in one competition
Person Solves Competition     |     Person DNFs Competition  
Erik Akkersdijk119 / 134Polish Open 2009     |     Vincent Sheu20 / 45Stanford Winter 2010 
Kamil Zielinski109 / 112Polish Open 2009     |     Sarah Strong16 / 48Toronto Winter 2010 
Timothy Sun109 / 118US Nationals 2009     |     Olivér Perge15 / 62Hungarian Open 2008 
Bence Barát108 / 114Bristol Open 2009     |     Kai Jiptner15 / 92Polish Open 2009 
Pedro Santos Guimarães104 / 112UNESP Open 2009     |     Dan Cohen15 / 113US Nationals 2009 
David Woner103 / 111US Nationals 2009     |     Erik Akkersdijk15 / 134Polish Open 2009 
Simon Westlund101 / 102Swedish Cube Day 2009     |     Jason Gyani12 / 37Toulouse Summer Open 2008 
Marek Wójtowicz99 / 101Polish Open 2009     |     Samuel Djian12 / 55Lyon Spring Open 2009 
Dan Cohen98 / 113US Nationals 2009     |     Pedro Santos Guimarães12 / 71São Paulo Open 2009 
Han-Cyun Chen97 / 103Taiwan Winter Open 2010     |     Cem Karabulut11 / 19German Open 2009