Fun Statistics

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

• Youngest and oldest 3x3 solvers
• Youngest and oldest 3x3 blindfolded solvers
• Best "medal collection"
• Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks
• Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results
• Blindfold 3x3x3 longest success streak
• Blindfold 3x3x3 recent success rate
• World records in most events
• Oldest standing world records
• Most Persons
• Most Competitions
• Most Countries
• Most solves / attempts in one competition

Youngest and oldest 3x3 solvers (we don't know everybody's birth dates but the #1 persons should be correct)
Person	Years	Months	Days	Time	|	Person	Years	Months	Days	Time
Enxi Xie	4	6	10	1:28.06	|	Xinxian Li	88	6	16	4:43.52
Yui Tomita	4	8	14	1:48.28	|	Martin Berger	79	11	30	2:14.56
Shufan Wang	4	9	19	6:19.50	|	Rune Wesström	79		7	43.78
Valentine Chung	5		22	3:04.04	|	Hideaki Tomoyori	76		4	52.31
Emilien Combaret	5	1	23	2:01.05	|	Zhiwei Jin	75	7	14	1:43.80
Daniël Hop	5	1	30	2:06.65	|	Xiansheng Chen	75	2	28	2:17.61
Ashvin Ganesan	5	4	6	1:31.86	|	Haruo Aoki	73	4	15	45.05
Yiwen Zhang	5	6	28	1:47.68	|	Huimin Zhu	71	11	21	1:30.63
John Ismael Ugelstad	5	7	21	1:43.63	|	Grada Ooms	64	10	12	1:32.22
Xu Guo 2	5	8	12	42.68	|	Mitsuko Tomoyori	63	9	3	1:23.66

Youngest and oldest 3x3 blindfolded solvers (we don't know everybody's birth dates but the #1 persons should be correct)
Person	Years	Months	Days	Time	|	Person	Years	Months	Days	Time
Justin Adsuara	10	2	1	6:33.75	|	Mats Bergsten	59	2	6	3:48.78
Bernett Orlando	10	4	21	3:55.77	|	Bill McGaugh	57	4	17	8:43.22
Raphael Talatala	11	11	9	3:18.84	|	Ernie Valdés	52	5	7	5:14.00
Douwe Wermer	12		7	7:17.03	|	Bruce Norskog	52	4	6	9:29.50
Mats Valk	12	2	15	3:32.09	|	John Louis	48	9	22	9:42.40
Mingwei Huang	12	10	8	7:17.96	|	Mats Luthman	48	3	19	3:43.08
Dániel Forgó	12	10	27	4:37.90	|	Ton Dennenbroek	47	9	27	6:37.00
Lalei Yu	13		6	11:33.00	|	Hans van der Zijden	47	8	28	6:33.37
Andreas Farenbruch	13	4	27	9:14.05	|	Park Sang-Dong	47	6	1	3:50.58
Shotaro Makisumi	13	5	2	6:35.00	|	Mike Hughey	47		14	2:06.50

Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person	Gold	Silver	Bronze	|	Person	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Edouard Chambon	17	8	2	|	Erik Akkersdijk	131	50	34
Erik Akkersdijk	16	5	1	|	Dan Cohen	75	32	14
Shotaro Makisumi	13	1	1	|	Timothy Sun	71	14	10
Tomasz Zolnowski	11	2		|	Gunnar Krig	57	29	27
Leyan Lo	10	12	6	|	Edouard Chambon	49	35	11
Gunnar Krig	9	6	3	|	Lars Vandenbergh	47	65	43
Harris Chan	9			|	Leyan Lo	42	43	15
Joël van Noort	7	5	6	|	Clément Gallet	39	41	36
Timothy Sun	7	5		|	Bob Burton	38	29	33
Jason Baum	7	4	3	|	Mátyás Kuti	38	14	12

Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (since Jul 3, 2008 - Single and Average)
Person	Sum	3x3	4x4	5x5	|	Person	Sum	3x3	4x4	5x5
Erik Akkersdijk	3	1	1	1	|	Erik Akkersdijk	7	3	2	2
Yumu Tabuchi	19	8	3	8	|	Yumu Tabuchi	13	2	4	7
Syuhei Omura	32	5	13	14	|	Syuhei Omura	27	14	3	10
Dan Cohen	32	24	5	3	|	Han-Cyun Chen	31	27	1	3
Keisuke Hiraya	44	20	12	12	|	Keisuke Hiraya	36	7	12	17
Milán Baticz	50	6	24	20	|	Dan Cohen	41	35	5	1
Tomasz Zolnowski	51	10	14	27	|	Rowe Hessler	49	8	19	22
Rowe Hessler	53	7	9	37	|	Timothy Sun	50	21	11	18
Michael Gottlieb	59	32	18	9	|	Andy Tsao	56	5	18	33
Jimmy Coll	74	16	36	22	|	Takumi Yoshida	57	6	35	16

Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person	Appearances	|	Person	Appearances
Erik Akkersdijk	13	|	Erik Akkersdijk	19
Harris Chan	8	|	Tomasz Zolnowski	16
Tomasz Zolnowski	8	|	Harris Chan	14
Edouard Chambon	6	|	Edouard Chambon	7
Yu Nakajima	6	|	Yu Nakajima	6
Dan Cohen	4	|	Adam Polkowski	4
Yumu Tabuchi	4	|	Andy Tsao	3
Eric Limeback	3	|	Jason Baum	3
Milán Baticz	3	|	Mats Valk	3
Rowe Hessler	3	|	Mitsuki Gunji	3

Blindfold 3x3x3 longest success streak
Person	Length	Times
Clément Gallet	31	2:22.81   2:16.08   3:03.40   2:40.83   2:57.47   3:50.19   2:31.36   4:50.15   3:36.30   3:50.55   3:07.02   2:36.81   3:03.56   2:26.88   3:18.28   4:06.25   3:16.15   2:35.83   2:55.63   2:25.46   2:46.86   3:28.68   2:42.75   2:10.21   2:24.28   2:34.86   2:28.28   2:46.69   2:29.50   5:28.43   2:54.65
Bernett Orlando	15	3:55.77   4:51.21   2:59.97   2:43.56   3:11.05   2:40.02   4:14.34   5:22.03   3:49.06   3:43.46   2:33.61   2:24.69   2:56.97   3:02.05   2:42.65
Leyan Lo	12	2:11.04   2:09.99   2:18.62   1:47.59   1:28.82   1:38.30   2:01.70   2:00.62   1:38.75   1:51.71   1:40.92   2:22.84
Rafal Guzewicz	11	1:04.28   1:35.57   1:25.15   1:25.88   1:16.96   1:12.34   1:22.96   2:45.55   1:08.00   1:44.08   1:22.15
Stefan Pochmann	11	4:56.46   5:29.08   4:01.07   5:15.59   3:01.58   3:24.05   4:27.56   4:08.90   4:37.18   4:37.93   5:52.06
Péter Róka	10	4:59.21   3:43.80   2:03.15   4:14.16   2:29.59   3:00.41   2:32.96   3:32.81   3:21.59   3:12.23
Mario Laurent	10	5:45.50   7:03.00   5:39.22   3:55.05   6:06.09   6:02.84   4:41.06   6:37.08   6:30.81   6:59.11
Alexander Yu	8	1:47.11   1:26.27   1:27.49   1:12.08   1:00.62   1:05.46   1:05.90   1:14.84
Dennis Strehlau	8	3:45.06   2:16.27   1:47.19   1:37.50   7:20.08   2:07.52   1:53.09   3:09.00
Henrik Buus Aagaard	8	5:45.18   4:23.92   3:34.58   6:03.50   3:54.27   5:40.81   4:22.03   4:49.40

Blindfold 3x3x3 recent success rate (since Jul 3, 2008 - minimum 5 attempts)
Person	Rate	Solves	Attempts		Best	Avg	Worst
Stefan Pochmann	100.00 %	9	9		3:01.58	4:22.88	5:52.06
Witold Kozak	100.00 %	5	5		3:54.61	4:09.87	4:26.50
Rafal Guzewicz	93.33 %	14	15		1:04.28	1:28.17	2:45.55
Clément Gallet	84.78 %	39	46		1:55.03	2:46.05	5:28.43
Lee Chun Hin	83.33 %	5	6		1:57.06	3:32.53	6:18.90
Xuan Pei	83.33 %	5	6		2:21.44	2:30.56	2:42.86
Tim Habermaas	80.00 %	8	10		1:37.83	2:08.32	2:59.13
Bernett Orlando	78.57 %	11	14		2:24.69	3:12.77	5:01.96
Dennis Strehlau	77.78 %	14	18		1:19.03	2:00.77	3:16.80
Marcell Endrey	77.78 %	7	9		1:28.00	2:08.31	3:28.69

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	|	Netherlands	11
Erik Akkersdijk	5	|	US Nationals 2006	7	|	Japan	10
Chris Hardwick	4	|	World Championship 2005	7	|	Poland	10
Dan Cohen	4	|	Belgian Open 2008	6	|	Germany	8
Shotaro Makisumi	4	|	Polish Open 2007	6	|	France	7
Jaap Scherphuis	3	|	Belgian Open 2007	5	|	Hungary	7
Lars Vandenbergh	3	|	Caltech Dallas 2005	5	|	Sweden	7
Michal Halczuk	3	|	Dutch Open 2006	5	|	Belgium	5
Ron van Bruchem	3	|	Euro 2006	5	|	Finland	4

Oldest standing world records
Event	Type	Days	Result	Person	Competition
Rubik's Magic	Average	860	0.96	Mátyás Kuti	Belgian Open 2007
Rubik's Clock	Average	657	8.60	Mátyás Kuti	Polish Open 2007
Rubik's Master Magic	Single	517	1.72	Mátyás Kuti	Belgian Open 2008
Pyraminx	Single	495	2.83	Tomasz Kiedrowicz	Gdansk Open 2008
3x3x3 multi blind old	Single	440	24/24 2:15:57	Tim Habermaas	German Open 2008
5x5x5 blindfolded	Single	412	15:22.00	Chris Hardwick	Washington DC Open 2008
Rubik's Cube	Single	356	7.08	Erik Akkersdijk	Czech Open 2008
3x3x3 with feet	Single	322	36.94	Chang Jee-Hoon	Suwon 2008
Rubik's Master Magic	Average	287	1.95	Máté Horváth	Euro 2008
3x3x3 one-handed	Single	286	14.34	Lee Seung-Woon	Seoul 2008

Most Persons (info)
Event	Persons	|	Competition	Persons	|	Country	Persons
Rubik's Cube	6073	|	World Championship 2007	214	|	USA	1709
2x2x2 Cube	2333	|	San Francisco Open 2009	150	|	China	731
4x4x4 Cube	1792	|	Beijing Metropolis Open 2009	149	|	Japan	404
3x3x3 one-handed	1691	|	Guangdong Open 2008	149	|	Korea	287
Rubik's Magic	1067	|	World Championship 2005	149	|	France	266
5x5x5 Cube	1009	|	Philippines Open 2008	147	|	Philippines	266
3x3x3 blindfolded	786	|	Thailand Open 2009	136	|	Taiwan	227
Pyraminx	646	|	Hungarian Open 2008	129	|	Hungary	226
Square-1	440	|	Duanwu Festival Open 2009	119	|	Poland	220
Megaminx	426	|	Tokyo Open 2006	118	|	Canada	217

Most Competitions (info)
Person	Competitions	|	Event	Competitions	|	Country	Competitions
Lars Vandenbergh	51	|	Rubik's Cube	313	|	USA	104
Bob Burton	49	|	4x4x4 Cube	279	|	Japan	22
Ton Dennenbroek	49	|	3x3x3 blindfolded	274	|	France	20
Ron van Bruchem	44	|	3x3x3 one-handed	271	|	Sweden	17
Clément Gallet	43	|	2x2x2 Cube	234	|	Netherlands	15
Shelley Chang	42	|	5x5x5 Cube	228	|	Poland	15
Leyan Lo	40	|	Rubik's Magic	200	|	China	13
Adam Zamora	39	|	Square-1	139	|	Spain	13
Arnaud van Galen	38	|	Rubik's Master Magic	135	|	Germany	11
Tyson Mao	37	|	Pyraminx	117	|	Canada	10

Most Countries (info)
Person	Countries	|	Event	Countries	|	Competition	Countries
Anders Larsson	15	|	2x2x2 Cube	33	|	World Championship 2007	28
Lars Vandenbergh	15	|	Rubik's Cube	33	|	World Championship 1982	19
Arnaud van Galen	14	|	4x4x4 Cube	33	|	World Championship 2005	17
Clément Gallet	13	|	3x3x3 blindfolded	32	|	Euro 2006	16
Ton Dennenbroek	13	|	3x3x3 one-handed	32	|	French Open 2009	15
István Kocza	12	|	5x5x5 Cube	29	|	World Championship 2003	15
Ron van Bruchem	12	|	Rubik's Magic	27	|	Euro 2008	14
Erik Akkersdijk	11	|	Megaminx	27	|	Euro 2004	13
Gábor Szabó	11	|	Pyraminx	24	|	Czech Open 2008	11
Gilles van den Peereboom	11	|	Square-1	24	|	Dutch Open 2008	11

Most solves / attempts in one competition
Person	Solves	Competition	|	Person	Attempts	Competition
Henrik Buus Aagaard	85	Norrköping Open 2009	|	Lorenzo Bonoan	91	Bulacan Open 2009
Kamil Zielinski	85	Poznan Open 2009	|	Kamil Zielinski	89	Poznan Open 2009
Michal Halczuk	85	Polish Nationals 2009	|	Michal Halczuk	89	Polish Nationals 2009
Krzysztof Zerucha	84	Poznan Open 2009	|	Henrik Buus Aagaard	88	Norrköping Open 2009
Clément Gallet	81	Lyon Spring Open 2009	|	Dan Cohen	86	Ohio Open 2009
Clément Gallet	80	Nantes Open 2009	|	Krzysztof Zerucha	86	Poznan Open 2009
Erik Akkersdijk	78	Euro 2008	|	Clément Gallet	85	Nantes Open 2009
Grzegorz Prokopczyk	78	Poznan Open 2009	|	Clément Gallet	84	Lyon Spring Open 2009
Laetitia Lemoine	78	Lyon Spring Open 2009	|	Dan Cohen	84	US Nationals and Open 2008
Daniel Lundwall	77	Norrköping Open 2009	|	Daniel Lundwall	84	Norrköping Open 2009