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	|	Rune Wesström	78		14	58.13
Yui Tomita	4	8	14	1:48.28	|	Martin Berger	78		10	2:57.76
Shufan Wang	4	9	19	6:19.50	|	Hideaki Tomoyori	75	7	5	1:03.83
Emilien Combaret	5	1	23	2:01.05	|	Grada Ooms	64	3	29	1:43.22
Daniël Hop	5	1	30	2:06.65	|	Jany Preudhomme	63		17	1:31.55
John Ismael Ugelstad	5	7	21	1:43.63	|	Jan Hop	63		12	1:10.71
Rei Idekawa	5	9	15	1:54.72	|	Bill McGaugh	57	4	17	31.89
Yoshiki Yumoto	6		22	1:00.26	|	Klaas Steenhuis	55	10	24	42.50
Chun Hoo Ulf Wong	6	3	19	41.50	|	Ikuo Hyakuta	54	11	16	29.66
Mina Tomita	6	3	20	1:36.22	|	Jan de Geus	54	9	27	2:20.18

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	|	Bill McGaugh	57	4	17	8:43.22
Bernett Orlando	10	4	21	3:55.77	|	Hans van der Zijden	47	8	28	6:33.37
Yumu Tabuchi	12	4	16	2:41.52	|	Mats Luthman	47	6	20	7:32.21
Mingwei Huang	12	10	8	7:17.96	|	John Louis	47	3	19	9:09.97
Lalei Yu	13	1	5	11:33.00	|	Ton Dennenbroek	47	3	1	7:57.06
Andreas Farenbruch	13	4	27	9:14.05	|	Park Sang-Dong	46	11	18	3:40.47
Shotaro Makisumi	13	5	2	6:35.00	|	Mike Hughey	46		15	3:17.29
Joshua Berg	13	7	25	3:04.05	|	Jean-Louis Mathieu	44	9	25	15:14.00
Patrick Jameson	13	8	10	3:37.43	|	Hong Chen	44	1	6	3:08.69
Raku Watari	13	9	20	7:43.79	|	Masayuki Akimoto	42	3	11	1:49.51

Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person	Gold	Silver	Bronze	|	Person	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Edouard Chambon	12	6	1	|	Erik Akkersdijk	50	28	18
Shotaro Makisumi	12	1	1	|	Gunnar Krig	42	20	20
Leyan Lo	9	9	4	|	Mátyás Kuti	41	19	12
Joël van Noort	7	4	5	|	Lars Vandenbergh	38	50	29
Gunnar Krig	6	4	3	|	Leyan Lo	36	37	11
Erik Akkersdijk	5	3	1	|	Frank Morris	35	11	5
Anssi Vanhala	5		1	|	Edouard Chambon	31	25	7
Harris Chan	5			|	Stefan Pochmann	31	14	12
Ron van Bruchem	4	7	5	|	Shotaro Makisumi	29	10	5
Lars Vandenbergh	4	6	1	|	Chris Hardwick	26	10	8

Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (since May 17, 2007 - Single and Average)
Person	Sum	3x3	4x4	5x5	|	Person	Sum	3x3	4x4	5x5
Erik Akkersdijk	9	6	2	1	|	Erik Akkersdijk	8	5	1	2
Tomasz Zolnowski	21	8	8	5	|	Tomasz Zolnowski	15	6	5	4
Lars Vandenbergh	40	11	10	19	|	Mátyás Kuti	27	20	4	3
Ron van Bruchem	46	4	28	14	|	Piotr Kózka	51	39	3	9
Mátyás Kuti	48	43	1	4	|	Milán Baticz	53	17	8	28
Piotr Kózka	53	37	6	10	|	Kim Hyung-Sub	57	23	7	27
Mitsuki Gunji	54	5	19	30	|	Yumu Tabuchi	62	7	39	16
Milán Baticz	55	18	5	32	|	Frank Morris	66	50	11	5
Dan Harris	63	15	17	31	|	Mitsuki Gunji	69	3	16	50
Frank Morris	67	48	13	6	|	Ron van Bruchem	75	56	6	13

Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person	Appearances	|	Person	Appearances
Edouard Chambon	14	|	Edouard Chambon	23
Yu Nakajima	12	|	Erik Akkersdijk	9
Harris Chan	9	|	Harris Chan	9
Erik Akkersdijk	6	|	Mitsuki Gunji	8
Mitsuki Gunji	5	|	Yu Nakajima	8
Tomasz Zolnowski	5	|	Jean Pons	5
Joël van Noort	4	|	Thibaut Jacquinot	5
Yu Jeong-Min	4	|	Joël van Noort	4
Leyan Lo	3	|	Shotaro Makisumi	3
Milán Baticz	3	|	Tomasz Zolnowski	3

Blindfold 3x3x3 longest success streak
Person	Length	Times
Clément Gallet	18	3:29.65   2:35.14   3:25.36   2:36.46   2:41.18   2:24.83   2:36.13   2:22.56   4:49.84   3:41.72   3:44.13   2:41.91   2:54.16   3:29.66   3:44.55   5:19.90   2:12.25   3:36.09
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
Bernett Orlando	9	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
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
Niklas Bitén	8	8:00.68   7:31.72   4:31.06   6:17.39   4:10.05   5:02.15   5:13.38   3:40.88
Tim Habermaas	7	2:48.84   2:10.96   2:17.26   1:50.53   1:32.90   1:38.40   1:45.63
Daniel Lo	7	4:02.64   2:43.91   2:51.70   2:29.52   3:59.38   3:29.13   2:59.02
Shelley Chang	6	2:13.64   2:01.97   2:04.35   2:20.47   2:13.02   1:57.44

Blindfold 3x3x3 recent success rate (since May 17, 2007 - minimum 5 attempts)
Person	Rate	Solves	Attempts		Best	Avg	Worst
Bernett Orlando	100.00 %	8	8		2:40.02	3:43.90	5:22.03
Niklas Bitén	100.00 %	8	8		3:40.88	5:33.41	8:00.68
Henrik Buus Aagaard	81.82 %	9	11		2:40.96	4:34.96	6:03.50
Dennis Strehlau	80.00 %	8	10		1:37.50	2:59.46	7:20.08
Péter Róka	80.00 %	4	5		2:03.15	3:45.08	4:59.21
Tim Habermaas	76.92 %	10	13		1:32.90	2:20.79	3:17.25
Alexander Yu	75.00 %	9	12		1:00.62	1:28.49	2:56.65
Clément Gallet	73.91 %	34	46		2:12.25	3:04.32	5:19.90
István Kocza	71.43 %	15	21		2:54.53	4:32.82	6:22.78
Vincent Le	71.43 %	5	7		3:54.55	4:55.80	5:58.80

World records in most events (current and past)
Person	Events	|	Competition	Events	|	Country	Events
Mátyás Kuti	7	|	World Championship 2003	13	|	USA	13
Stefan Pochmann	6	|	Europe 2004	7	|	Netherlands	10
Chris Hardwick	4	|	US Nationals 2006	7	|	Germany	7
Erik Akkersdijk	4	|	World Championship 2005	7	|	Hungary	7
Shotaro Makisumi	4	|	Belgian Open 2008	6	|	France	6
Jaap Scherphuis	3	|	Polish Open 2007	6	|	Japan	6
Lars Vandenbergh	3	|	Belgian Open 2007	5	|	Poland	5
Ron van Bruchem	3	|	Caltech Dallas 2005	5	|	Sweden	5
Alexander Ooms	2	|	Dutch Open 2006	5	|	Belgium	4
Anssi Vanhala	2	|	Euro 2006	5	|	Canada	2

Oldest standing world records
Event	Type	Days	Result	Person	Competition
3x3x3 fewest moves	Single	1218	28	Mirek Goljan	Caltech Winter 2005
3x3x3 fewest moves	Single	609	28	Zbigniew Zborowski	Polish Open 2006
Rubik's Magic	Single	448	0.86	Mátyás Kuti	Belgian Open 2007
Rubik's Magic	Average	448	0.96	Mátyás Kuti	Belgian Open 2007
Rubik's Clock	Single	308	7.69	Mátyás Kuti	Czech Open 2007
3x3x3 one-handed	Single	282	15.81	Thibaut Jacquinot	Murcia Open 2007
3x3x3 with feet	Single	273	39.88	Anssi Vanhala	Finnish Open 2007
3x3x3 with feet	Average	273	52.46	Anssi Vanhala	Finnish Open 2007
Square-1	Single	245	13.56	Grzegorz Prusak	Polish Open 2007
Rubik's Master Magic	Average	245	1.96	Mátyás Kuti	Polish Open 2007

Most Persons (info)
Event	Persons	|	Competition	Persons	|	Country	Persons
Rubik's Cube	2893	|	World Championship 2007	214	|	USA	954
2x2x2 Cube	981	|	World Championship 2005	149	|	Japan	327
3x3x3 one-handed	835	|	Tokyo Open 2006	118	|	Korea	214
4x4x4 Cube	826	|	KCA Korea Open 2008	115	|	Poland	157
3x3x3 blindfolded	429	|	Caltech Winter 2007	102	|	France	151
Rubik's Magic	402	|	Euro 2006	94	|	Spain	138
5x5x5 Cube	383	|	Japan Open 2007	94	|	China	134
Pyraminx	210	|	World Championship 2003	89	|	Canada	131
Square-1	149	|	Princeton Open 2008	86	|	Hungary	93
3x3x3 fewest moves	145	|	US Nationals 2006	85	|	Sweden	84

Most Competitions (info)
Person	Competitions	|	Event	Competitions	|	Country	Competitions
Ton Dennenbroek	35	|	Rubik's Cube	162	|	USA	55
Lars Vandenbergh	31	|	4x4x4 Cube	141	|	Japan	14
Leyan Lo	30	|	3x3x3 blindfolded	135	|	France	12
Ron van Bruchem	30	|	3x3x3 one-handed	133	|	Sweden	12
Bob Burton	26	|	5x5x5 Cube	107	|	Netherlands	10
Tyson Mao	26	|	2x2x2 Cube	104	|	Spain	9
Adam Zamora	25	|	Rubik's Magic	93	|	Germany	8
Clément Gallet	25	|	Rubik's Master Magic	63	|	Poland	7
Shelley Chang	25	|	Square-1	48	|	Canada	5
Jaap Scherphuis	23	|	Rubik's Clock	46	|	Korea	4

Most Countries (info)
Person	Countries	|	Event	Countries	|	Competition	Countries
Arnaud van Galen	13	|	2x2x2 Cube	23	|	World Championship 2007	28
Ton Dennenbroek	13	|	Rubik's Cube	23	|	World Championship 1982	19
Anders Larsson	12	|	4x4x4 Cube	23	|	World Championship 2005	17
Lars Vandenbergh	12	|	3x3x3 blindfolded	22	|	Euro 2006	16
Ron van Bruchem	11	|	3x3x3 one-handed	22	|	World Championship 2003	15
Clément Gallet	10	|	5x5x5 Cube	20	|	Europe 2004	13
Gilles van den Peereboom	10	|	Rubik's Magic	19	|	Belgian Open 2007	10
Dan Harris	9	|	Megaminx	18	|	Dutch Open 2006	10
Erik Akkersdijk	9	|	Rubik's Master Magic	16	|	Benelux Open 2008	9
István Kocza	9	|	3x3x3 multi blind	15	|	German Open 2006	9

Most solves / attempts in one competition
Person	Solves	Competition	|	Person	Attempts	Competition
Chris Hardwick	74	US Nationals 2006	|	Erik Akkersdijk	77	Madrid Open 2008
Erik Akkersdijk	73	Madrid Open 2008	|	Mátyás Kuti	77	Polish Open 2007
Arnaud van Galen	70	Madrid Open 2008	|	Chris Hardwick	76	US Nationals 2006
Bob Burton	70	Armonk Spring 2008	|	Bob Burton	74	Armonk Spring 2008
Piotr Kózka	70	Pabianice Open 2008	|	Piotr Kózka	74	Pabianice Open 2008
Mátyás Kuti	69	Polish Open 2007	|	Arnaud van Galen	72	Madrid Open 2008
Stefan Pochmann	68	US Open 2007	|	Erik Akkersdijk	71	Benelux Open 2008
Lars Vandenbergh	67	Madrid Open 2008	|	Mátyás Kuti	70	Polish Open 2006
Clément Gallet	66	Danish Open 2008	|	Stefan Pochmann	70	US Open 2007
Craig Bouchard	66	US Nationals 2006	|	Clément Gallet	69	Danish Open 2008