Fun Statistics

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

Generated on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:51:03 +0200.

• Youngest and oldest 3x3 solvers
• Youngest and oldest 3x3 blindfolded solvers
• Youngest and oldest Magic solvers
• Best "medal collection"
• Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks
• Sum of all single ranks
• Sum of all average ranks
• Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results
• Blindfold 3x3x3 longest success streak
• Blindfold 3x3x3 recent success rate
• World records in most events
• 3x3x3 best standard deviation
• Best 3x3 Podiums
• Oldest standing world records
• Most Persons
• Most Competitions
• Most Countries

Youngest and oldest 3x3 solvers (info)
Person	Years	Months	Days	Time	|	Person	Years	Months	Days	Time
Chenbai Zhao	4	5	15	1:20.00	|	Xinxian Li	88	6	16	4:43.52
Enxi Xie	4	6	10	1:28.06	|	Yongchao Wang	82	6	15	4:59.18
Zhanlu Zhang	4	6	14	1:30.78	|	Martin Berger	80	11	29	2:38.94
Yui Tomita	4	8	14	1:48.28	|	Rune Wesström	80		28	47.61
Shufan Wang	4	9	19	6:19.50	|	Hideaki Tomoyori	77	9	25	58.38
Shiyan Zhang	4	11	29	1:17.44	|	Zhiwei Jin	75	7	14	1:43.80
Valentine Chung	5		22	3:04.04	|	Xiansheng Chen	75	2	28	2:17.61
Emilien Combaret	5	1	23	2:01.05	|	Haruo Aoki	74	2	13	37.19
Daniël Hop	5	1	30	2:06.65	|	Huimin Zhu	71	11	21	1:30.63
Jinxuan Pei	5	2	24	44.38	|	Valerie Elson	69	8	30	1:51.38

Youngest and oldest 3x3 blindfolded solvers (info)
Person	Years	Months	Days	Time	|	Person	Years	Months	Days	Time
Justin Adsuara	10	2	1	6:33.75	|	Mats Bergsten	60	2	27	2:04.69
Bernett Orlando	10	4	21	3:55.77	|	Bill McGaugh	57	4	17	8:43.22
Shusei Tabuchi	10	6	4	4:06.75	|	Bruce Norskog	53	6	14	6:17.21
Will Ballard	11	10		6:35.56	|	Ernie Valdés	52	5	7	5:14.00
Raphael Talatala	11	11	9	3:18.84	|	John Louis	49	7	28	12:27.00
Douwe Wermer	12		7	7:17.03	|	Mats Luthman	49	3	19	3:06.53
Stephen Adhisaputra	12		28	5:56.86	|	Ton Dennenbroek	48	10	24	4:47.58
Calvin Wong	12	1	15	7:00.81	|	Mike Hughey	48	5		2:03.21
Mats Valk	12	2	15	3:32.09	|	Hans van der Zijden	47	9		6:33.37
Kevin Kapinos	12	3	28	7:59.13	|	Park Sang-Dong	47	6	1	3:50.58

Youngest and oldest Magic solvers (info)
Person	Years	Months	Days	Time	|	Person	Years	Months	Days	Time
Hannah Logan	3	8		14.06	|	Grada Ooms	64	10	12	2.91
Aina Hashimoto	3	11	2	8.72	|	Carol Joyce	54	6	23	2.13
Jillian Tin	5	5	26	9.75	|	Magdolna Nagy	52	10	25	3.59
Emma Logan	5	9	2	8.88	|	Ton Dennenbroek	49	8	1	4.33
Frankie Sell	5	9	27	8.02	|	Peter Douthwright	49	6	27	1.75
Francisco Jordan Rivera Castillon	6	3		6.52	|	Bob Burton Sr.	49	1	3	2.53
Enxi Xie	6	6	10	5.36	|	Mike Hughey	48	5		1.56
Shufan Wang	7	2	13	3.28	|	Jay Satterfield	48	4	12	2.83
Chatrtham Chatramornrat	7	2	19	6.36	|	Dave French	48	2	19	2.27
Peter Fleckenstein	7	4	6	6.53	|	Jean-Louis Mathieu	47		10	2.08

Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person	Gold	Silver	Bronze	|	Person	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Erik Akkersdijk	30	12	2	|	Erik Akkersdijk	257	115	61
Tomasz Zolnowski	25	5	1	|	Dan Cohen	129	55	24
Edouard Chambon	17	10	2	|	Bence Barát	94	46	40
Shotaro Makisumi	14	4	2	|	Timothy Sun	90	22	18
Rowe Hessler	12	4	4	|	Gunnar Krig	68	45	45
Harris Chan	12	2	1	|	Pedro Santos Guimarães	65	13	5
Dan Dzoan	11	2	11	|	Clément Gallet	63	55	54
Phillip Espinoza	11	2		|	Rowe Hessler	60	34	26
Leyan Lo	10	13	7	|	Takao Hashimoto	60	16	12
Gunnar Krig	10	7	6	|	Milán Baticz	58	73	46

Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (Single | Average)
Person	Sum	3x3	4x4	5x5	|	Person	Sum	3x3	4x4	5x5
Feliks Zemdegs	14	9	2	3	|	Feliks Zemdegs	4	1	1	2
Erik Akkersdijk	17	1	11	5	|	Erik Akkersdijk	16	3	7	6
Syuhei Omura	33	26	5	2	|	Syuhei Omura	16	6	3	7
Dan Cohen	36	32	3	1	|	Dan Cohen	41	34	6	1
Kevin Hays	41	22	12	7	|	Yumu Tabuchi	46	5	15	26
Milán Baticz	54	27	16	11	|	Milán Baticz	53	26	12	15
Yumu Tabuchi	64	15	21	28	|	Robert Yau	64	23	9	32
Giovanni Contardi	69	29	7	33	|	Giovanni Contardi	72	11	5	56
Bence Barát	81	47	24	10	|	Mats Valk	74	12	35	27
Rowe Hessler	81	20	20	41	|	Bence Barát	75	49	18	8

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 Akkersdijk	467	1	11	5	1	78	32	4	8	4	31	63	36	3	9	20	34	48	23	56
Dan Cohen	558	32	3	1	23	31	51	44	30	32	19	14	25	2	4	32	17	60	23	115
Bence Barát	654	47	24	10	52	80	9	30	24	10	23	15	102	6	1	127	18	35	13	28
Milán Baticz	729	27	16	11	32	32	38	21	190	7	26	59	31	9	24	75	4	60	23	44
Maarten Smit	1060	34	34	61	117	22	142	30	183	28	24	9	6	35	25	193	44	20	17	36
Timothy Sun	1192	54	47	45	55	14	152	30	9	75	245	56	38	87	99	64	70	13	23	16
Michael Gottlieb	1323	107	8	29	45	97	61	44	182	20	147	50	23	11	17	99	60	60	23	240
Mats Valk	1542	11	41	38	32	244	58	14	110	66	48	12	86	26	33	99	301	60	23	240
Yumu Tabuchi	1964	15	21	28	166	12	14	21	10	134	199	77	164	435	67	255	259	9	23	55
Olivér Perge	1999	230	181	107	133	69	459	4	190	71	141	136	5	66	60	9	34	60	23	21

Sum of all average ranks
Person	Sum	333	444	555	222	OH	FT	meg	pyr	sq1	clo	666	777	mag	mma
Erik Akkersdijk	301	3	7	6	8	18	12	3	14	77	46	8	9	27	63
Milán Baticz	411	26	12	15	22	38	93	10	27	65	24	10	19	47	3
Bence Barát	458	49	18	8	5	103	25	6	53	8	83	4	2	74	20
Dan Cohen	542	34	6	1	106	71	29	31	83	9	16	2	3	130	21
Michael Gottlieb	749	86	16	19	58	47	93	39	40	87	39	13	18	128	66
Maarten Smit	759	40	34	58	49	118	93	23	15	27	3	30	35	169	65
Timothy Sun	841	52	33	51	58	84	9	75	167	46	22	78	93	42	31
Mats Valk	935	12	35	27	12	42	66	66	68	39	81	23	43	177	244
Simon Westlund	1317	91	43	99	37	138	93	5	25	54	51	105	45	455	76
Dániel Varga	1416	305	145	88	62	170	63	57	18	128	132	63	48	61	76

Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person	Appearances	|	Person	Appearances
Tomasz Zolnowski	18	|	Tomasz Zolnowski	21
Feliks Zemdegs	13	|	Erik Akkersdijk	14
Erik Akkersdijk	11	|	Yumu Tabuchi	9
Kanneti Sae Han	6	|	Feliks Zemdegs	7
Rowe Hessler	4	|	Mats Valk	6
Yumu Tabuchi	3	|	Kanneti Sae Han	5
John Tamanas	3	|	Syuhei Omura	4
Harris Chan	3	|	Rowe Hessler	4
Jan Smarschevski	2	|	Piti Pichedpan	3
Phillip Espinoza	2	|	John Tamanas	3

Blindfold 3x3x3 longest success streak
Person	Length		Best	Avg	Worst	When?
Clément Gallet	31		2:10.21	3:02.13	5:28.43	Apr 2008 - Jan 2009
Bernett Orlando	15		2:24.69	3:24.69	5:22.03	Oct 2006 - Oct 2008
Rafal Guzewicz	14		1:04.28	1:27.74	2:45.55	Aug 2008 - Sep 2009
Tomasz Zolnowski	13		3:40.78	6:51.78	8:36.72	Jul 2010 - Aug 2010
Leyan Lo	12		1:28.82	1:55.90	2:22.84	Jan 2006 - Aug 2006
Stefan Pochmann	12		3:01.58	4:29.73	5:52.06	Oct 2007 - Aug 2009
István Kocza	11		1:46.46	2:35.17	4:50.31	Oct 2009 - Jan 2010
Péter Róka	10		2:03.15	3:18.99	4:59.21	Oct 2007 - Oct 2008
Mario Laurent	10		3:55.05	5:55.97	7:03.00	Apr 2009 - Jun 2009
Mike Hughey	9		1:28.25	1:50.01	2:16.88	Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

Blindfold 3x3x3 recent success rate (since Sep 1, 2009 - minimum 5 attempts)
Person	Rate	Solves	Attempts		Best	Avg	Worst
Peter Battaglino	100.00 %	6	6		2:15.31	2:45.37	3:15.93
Jared Phelps	100.00 %	5	5		3:51.31	4:39.38	5:23.83
Clément Gallet	92.50 %	37	40		2:02.27	2:57.34	4:27.52
Hong Zhang	91.67 %	11	12		1:53.22	2:27.40	3:17.21
Tim Habermaas	85.71 %	12	14		1:19.43	2:00.37	3:50.28
Muhammad Iril Khairul Anam	83.33 %	5	6		50.59	1:08.71	1:31.47
Álvaro González Lasseube	83.33 %	5	6		3:54.41	4:57.09	6:08.40
Marcell Endrey	80.00 %	4	5		1:18.25	1:28.74	1:43.50
István Kocza	78.05 %	32	41		1:37.09	2:21.08	4:50.31
Rafal Guzewicz	75.00 %	9	12		1:05.94	1:20.60	1:39.59

World records in most events (current and past)
Person	Events	|	Competition	Events	|	Country	Events
Mátyás Kuti	7	|	World Championship 2003	13	|	USA	17
Stefan Pochmann	6	|	Euro 2004	7	|	Poland	12
Dan Cohen	5	|	US Nationals 2006	7	|	Hungary	11
Erik Akkersdijk	5	|	World Championship 2005	7	|	Japan	11
Chris Hardwick	4	|	Belgian Open 2007	6	|	Netherlands	11
Shotaro Makisumi	4	|	Belgian Open 2008	6	|	Sweden	9
Gunnar Krig	3	|	Polish Open 2007	6	|	Germany	8
Jaap Scherphuis	3	|	World Championship 2007	6	|	France	7
Lars Vandenbergh	3	|	Caltech Dallas 2005	5	|	China	6
Michal Halczuk	3	|	Dutch Masters 2008	5	|	Belgium	5

3x3x3 best standard deviation
Person	Standard Deviation	Times
Zhen Tang	0.04	19.86   19.84   19.78   19.88   19.90
Vincent Sheu	0.07	20.25   20.30   20.28   20.09   20.28
Cameron Almasi	0.11	14.53   14.80   14.55   14.72   14.52
Xiaobo Jin	0.12	15.81   15.97   15.84   15.71   15.61
Frank Chang	0.14	23.34   23.33   23.11   23.02   23.37
Michael Gottlieb	0.15	15.09   15.18   14.84   15.30   15.05
Alex Datuin	0.15	28.37   28.78   28.53   28.57   28.78
Balázs Bernát	0.16	16.63   16.15   16.33   16.34   16.21
Meng Wang	0.17	16.31   16.56   16.47   16.05   16.38
John-Michael Clay	0.17	15.05   15.40   14.90   14.94   15.05

Best 3x3 Podiums
Competition	Sum	First		Second		Third
MegaHouse Cup 2010	31.83	Yumu Tabuchi	10.48	Yu Sajima	10.55	Syuhei Omura	10.80
East German Open 2010	32.62	Tomasz Zolnowski	9.87	Breandan Vallance	11.22	Bence Barát	11.53
Cologne Open 2010	32.66	Mats Valk	10.68	Erik Akkersdijk	10.71	Maarten Smit	11.27
Czech Open 2010	32.94	Kanneti Sae Han	10.75	Tomasz Zolnowski	11.00	Erik Akkersdijk	11.19
Polish Nationals 2010	33.41	Tomasz Zolnowski	10.91	Piotr Tomczyk	11.24	Piotr Kózka	11.26
JRCA Kanto Winter 2010	33.52	Yumu Tabuchi	10.47	Mitsuki Gunji	11.44	Yu Sajima	11.61
Austrian Open 2010	33.54	Tomasz Zolnowski	10.56	Milán Baticz	10.89	Stefan Huber	12.09
Long Island 2010	33.75	John Tamanas	10.50	Rowe Hessler	10.89	Justin Jaffray	12.36
Japan Open 2010	33.79	Yumu Tabuchi	10.94	Mitsuki Gunji	11.37	Wataru Hashimura	11.48
Düsseldorf Open 2010	33.80	Mats Valk	10.89	Erik Akkersdijk	10.97	Jan Smarschevski	11.94

Oldest standing world records
Event	Type	Days	Result	Person	Competition
Pyraminx	Single	920	2.83	Tomasz Kiedrowicz	Gdansk Open 2008
Rubik's Cube	Single	781	7.08	Erik Akkersdijk	Czech Open 2008
Master Magic	Average	712	1.95	Máté Horváth	Euro 2008
2x2 Cube	Single	662	0.96	Erik Akkersdijk	Geneva Open 2008
3x3 fewest moves	Single	495	22	Jimmy Coll	Barcelona Open 2009
3x3 with feet	Single	298	36.72	Anssi Vanhala	Estonian Open 2009
3x3 with feet	Average	298	42.08	Anssi Vanhala	Estonian Open 2009
6x6 Cube	Single	277	2:15.53	Michal Halczuk	Silesia Open 2009
2x2 Cube	Average	263	2.45	Rowe Hessler	Brown Cubing Day 2009
4x4 blindfolded	Single	228	4:42.34	Ville Seppänen	Aachen Open 2010

Most Persons (info)
Event	Persons	|	Competition	Persons	|	Country	Persons
Rubik's Cube	10371	|	World Championship 2009	327	|	USA	2380
2x2 Cube	4422	|	US Nationals 2010	227	|	China	1711
4x4 Cube	3174	|	World Championship 2007	214	|	Japan	499
3x3 one-handed	3016	|	Beijing Summer Open 2009	162	|	Taiwan	403
Rubik's Magic	2222	|	Guangdong Open 2009	162	|	India	392
5x5 Cube	1860	|	Spanish Championship 2009	158	|	Canada	390
Pyraminx	1688	|	Aachen Open 2010	154	|	Spain	365
3x3 blindfolded	1311	|	Jakarta Open 2010	152	|	Germany	363
Megaminx	907	|	Malaysian Open 2009	151	|	Korea	330
Square-1	856	|	San Francisco Open 2009	150	|	France	325

Most Competitions (info)
Person	Competitions	|	Event	Competitions	|	Country	Competitions
Lars Vandenbergh	70	|	Rubik's Cube	539	|	USA	157
Ton Dennenbroek	65	|	4x4 Cube	482	|	China	37
Bob Burton	64	|	3x3 one-handed	479	|	Japan	33
Arnaud van Galen	63	|	3x3 blindfolded	475	|	France	28
Clément Gallet	61	|	2x2 Cube	431	|	Poland	27
Ron van Bruchem	60	|	5x5 Cube	408	|	Sweden	21
Shelley Chang	59	|	Rubik's Magic	377	|	Germany	20
Adam Zamora	57	|	Square-1	285	|	Spain	20
Erik Akkersdijk	55	|	Pyraminx	274	|	Netherlands	19
Takao Hashimoto	49	|	Master Magic	267	|	Canada	18

Most Countries (info)
Person	Countries	|	Event	Countries	|	Competition	Countries
Anders Larsson	22	|	Rubik's Cube	44	|	World Championship 2009	32
Arnaud van Galen	19	|	2x2 Cube	43	|	World Championship 2007	28
Clément Gallet	17	|	4x4 Cube	43	|	World Championship 1982	19
István Kocza	17	|	3x3 blindfolded	42	|	Euro 2006	16
Lars Vandenbergh	16	|	3x3 one-handed	42	|	World Championship 2005	16
Olivér Perge	16	|	5x5 Cube	41	|	French Open 2009	15
Bence Barát	14	|	Pyraminx	39	|	World Championship 2003	15
Joey Gouly	14	|	Rubik's Magic	37	|	Aachen Open 2010	14
Milán Baticz	14	|	Square-1	36	|	Benelux Open 2010	14
Ton Dennenbroek	14	|	Megaminx	35	|	Euro 2008	14