Fun Statistics

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

Generated on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:51:03 +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 Elson698301:51.38 
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     |     John Louis4972812:27.00 
Douwe Wermer12 77:17.03     |     Mats Luthman493193:06.53 
Mats Valk122153:32.09     |     Ton Dennenbroek4810244:47.58 
Kevin Kapinos123287:59.13     |     Mike Hughey4710231:34.38 
Andrea Monti127177:55.84     |     Hans van der Zijden479 6:33.37 
Nicholas Sia129154:28.80     |     Park Sang-Dong47613:50.58 
  
Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person Gold Silver Bronze     |     Person Gold Silver Bronze  
Erik Akkersdijk2791     |     Erik Akkersdijk2219051 
Edouard Chambon1792     |     Dan Cohen1125120 
Tomasz Zolnowski1641     |     Timothy Sun861718 
Shotaro Makisumi1421     |     Gunnar Krig653839 
Harris Chan111      |     Clément Gallet555044 
Leyan Lo10137     |     Takao Hashimoto521512 
Gunnar Krig1075     |     Bernett Orlando52103 
Rowe Hessler1034     |     Rowe Hessler513224 
Dan Dzoan10110     |     Edouard Chambon504013 
Anssi Vanhala1011     |     Pedro Santos Guimarães50102 
  
Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (Single | Average)
Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5     |     Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5  
Erik Akkersdijk11164     |     Feliks Zemdegs7115 
Feliks Zemdegs11722     |     Erik Akkersdijk13634 
Dan Cohen171511     |     Dan Cohen241581 
Syuhei Omura3913422     |     Yumu Tabuchi3651417 
Milán Baticz43141514     |     Haixu Zhang473557 
Yumu Tabuchi47201017     |     Milán Baticz48221016 
Mats Valk5752329     |     Mats Valk5171925 
Yu Nakajima66104412     |     Yu Nakajima5117259 
Piti Pichedpan6733826     |     Breandan Vallance5382718 
Breandan Vallance87223530     |     Michal Halczuk5541113 
  
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 Akkersdijk33716416219273154633381019401939 
Dan Cohen4771511109212632251710615232311481993 
Milán Baticz730141514273136151381515743222017634481932 
Timothy Sun9243829283310962291031464027148714241101912 
Bence Barát990512711439814622191089168311481134819199 
Mats Valk1454523299727589986735237781539812004819199 
Maarten Smit151215111484156871892213818214917312323256371473 
Yumu Tabuchi1608201017102971581451446012532645176173819199 
Olivér Perge161123511597156543392138908310214349619481915 
Michael Gottlieb162158361818216634106138150252353781363594819199 
  
Sum of all average ranks
Person Sum 333 444 555 222 OH FT meg pyr sq1 clo 666 777 mag mma  
Erik Akkersdijk2676345151111586434111746 
Dan Cohen3461581506127185031211909 
Milán Baticz4392210161128701910651252316393 
Bence Barát56014322121514522828868636416 
Timothy Sun7702618372652101031053619224653019 
Michael Gottlieb81949281025707013912064429158890 
Mats Valk862719253714150733446621541118194 
Maarten Smit99817350697219470141927103432125109 
Pascal So10073435922135701671391245814571196 
Michal Halczuk106141113173184706812617562222979 
  
Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person Appearances     |     Person Appearances  
Tomasz Zolnowski17     |     Erik Akkersdijk27 
Erik Akkersdijk10     |     Tomasz Zolnowski19 
Rowe Hessler6     |     Harris Chan9 
Dan Cohen4     |     Breandan Vallance5 
Kanneti Sae Han4     |     Rowe Hessler5 
Feliks Zemdegs4     |     Yumu Tabuchi5 
Yumu Tabuchi4     |     Mats Valk4 
Piti Pichedpan4     |     Yu Nakajima3 
Harris Chan4     |     Piti Pichedpan3 
Dan Dzoan3     |     Kanneti Sae Han3 
  
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 - Jan 2010 
Péter Róka10 2:03.153:18.994:59.21Oct 2007 - Oct 2008 
Mario Laurent10 3:55.055:55.977:03.00Apr 2009 - Jun 2009 
Witold Kozak9 3:10.713:49.084:26.50Feb 2009 - Feb 2010 
Alexander Yu8 1:00.621:17.471:47.11Feb 2008 - Apr 2008 
  
Blindfold 3x3x3 recent success rate (since Mar 20, 2009 - minimum 5 attempts)
Person Rate Solves Attempts   Best Avg Worst  
Ángel de Jaén Gotarredona83.33 %56 3:11.314:09.675:06.36 
Mario Laurent81.82 %1822 3:26.445:32.527:03.00 
Muhammad Iril Khairul Anam80.00 %45 1:01.521:40.853:06.03 
Péter Róka80.00 %45 2:06.092:24.262:55.34 
Anton Rostovikov80.00 %45 2:31.432:48.553:23.69 
Witold Kozak80.00 %45 3:10.713:23.103:36.63 
Tim Habermaas76.92 %1013 1:19.432:02.293:50.28 
Rafal Guzewicz75.00 %912 1:05.941:20.601:39.59 
Bernett Orlando73.33 %1115 2:24.442:56.213:30.55 
Clément Gallet72.50 %2940 2:08.502:37.853:32.68 
  
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    
JRCA Kanto Winter 201033.52Yumu Tabuchi10.47Mitsuki Gunji11.44Yu Sajima11.61 
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 
  
Oldest standing world records
Event Type Days Result Person Competition  
Rubik's ClockAverage9178.60Mátyás KutiPolish Open 2007 
Master MagicSingle7771.72Mátyás KutiBelgian Open 2008 
PyraminxSingle7552.83Tomasz KiedrowiczGdansk Open 2008 
5x5 blindfoldedSingle67215:22.00Chris HardwickWashington DC Open 2008 
Rubik's CubeSingle6167.08Erik AkkersdijkCzech Open 2008 
Master MagicAverage5471.95Máté HorváthEuro 2008 
2x2 CubeSingle4970.96Erik AkkersdijkGeneva Open 2008 
MegaminxAverage3501:04.34Erik AkkersdijkDanish Open 2009 
3x3 fewest movesSingle33022Jimmy CollBarcelona Open 2009 
5x5 CubeSingle2371:07.25Dan CohenBig Cubes Summer 2009 
  
Most Persons (info)
Event Persons     |     Competition Persons     |     Country Persons  
Rubik's Cube8666     |     World Championship 2009327     |     USA2090 
2x2 Cube3459     |     World Championship 2007214     |     China1269 
4x4 Cube2553     |     Beijing Summer Open 2009162     |     Japan429 
3x3 one-handed2405     |     Guangdong Open 2009162     |     India381 
Rubik's Magic1704     |     Spanish Championship 2009158     |     Taiwan347 
5x5 Cube1489     |     Aachen Open 2010154     |     Spain338 
Pyraminx1232     |     Jakarta Open 2010152     |     Korea326 
3x3 blindfolded1098     |     Malaysian Open 2009151     |     Canada312 
Square-1690     |     San Francisco Open 2009150     |     Germany298 
Megaminx679     |     Beijing Metropolis Open 2009149     |     France291 
  
Most Competitions (info)
Person Competitions     |     Event Competitions     |     Country Competitions  
Lars Vandenbergh66     |     Rubik's Cube438     |     USA136 
Ton Dennenbroek60     |     4x4 Cube392     |     Japan28 
Bob Burton59     |     3x3 blindfolded388     |     France24 
Arnaud van Galen57     |     3x3 one-handed387     |     China23 
Ron van Bruchem55     |     2x2 Cube340     |     Poland21 
Shelley Chang55     |     5x5 Cube324     |     Sweden20 
Clément Gallet53     |     Rubik's Magic293     |     Netherlands19 
Adam Zamora52     |     Square-1221     |     Spain18 
Erik Akkersdijk48     |     Master Magic207     |     Germany15 
Leyan Lo45     |     Pyraminx202     |     Canada14 
  
Most Countries (info)
Person Countries     |     Event Countries     |     Competition Countries  
Anders Larsson19     |     2x2 Cube39     |     World Championship 200932 
Arnaud van Galen16     |     Rubik's Cube39     |     World Championship 200728 
Clément Gallet16     |     4x4 Cube39     |     World Championship 198219 
Lars Vandenbergh16     |     3x3 blindfolded38     |     World Championship 200517 
Ton Dennenbroek14     |     3x3 one-handed38     |     Euro 200616 
István Kocza13     |     5x5 Cube37     |     French Open 200915 
Olivér Perge13     |     Pyraminx33     |     World Championship 200315 
Erik Akkersdijk12     |     Rubik's Magic32     |     Aachen Open 201014 
Ron van Bruchem12     |     Square-132     |     Benelux Open 201014 
Bence Barát11     |     Megaminx31     |     Euro 200814 
  
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