Fun Statistics

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

Generated on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:06 +0100.

  
Youngest and oldest Rubik's Cube solvers (info)
Person Years Months Days Time     |     Person Years Months Days Time  
Yi Hui (回益)3652:43.34     |     Egon Micheelsen907255:52.16 
Shengzhi Gao (高圣知)38211:02.30     |     Xinxian Li (李新贤)886164:43.52 
Yuhan Shi (史毓涵)311192:41.71     |     Yongchao Wang (王永超)826154:59.18 
Itsaya Jaruwattanakun (อิษยา จารุวัฒนกุล)4 72:09.91     |     Adelina Estevao8110191:43.68 
Zihan Liu (刘子涵)42271:08.46     |     Martin Berger8011292:38.94 
Chenbai Zhao (赵陈柏)45151:20.00     |     Rune Wesström8042533.34 
Enxi Xie (谢恩希)46101:28.06     |     Hideaki Tomoyori (友寄英哲)7861145.02 
Zhanlu Zhang46141:30.78     |     Lilian Micheelsen751172:29.52 
Zhichu Chen (陈之初)46231:04.83     |     Haruo Aoki (青木治雄)7510440.46 
Sichen Wang (王思陈)47271:39.40     |     Zhiwei Jin757141:43.80 
  
Youngest and oldest Rubik's Cube blindfolded solvers (info)
Person Years Months Days Time     |     Person Years Months Days Time  
Rakshita Kanakaraj711256:28.02     |     Mats Bergsten61981:25.44 
Shufan Wang (王澍凡)833010:52.00     |     Bill McGaugh574178:43.22 
Dhanayush Raninga94128:25.08     |     Walter Monti573217:33.30 
Mai Ito (伊藤 舞)101206:33.50     |     Robert D. Johnson5610127:51.21 
Justin Adsuara10216:33.75     |     Bruce Norskog541097:17.03 
Bernett Orlando104213:55.77     |     Ernie Valdés52575:14.00 
Shusei Tabuchi (田渕柊星)10644:06.75     |     John Louis514138:56.91 
Will Ballard1110 6:35.56     |     Javier Santos5122810:42.00 
Raphael Talatala111193:18.84     |     Mats Luthman51114:00.03 
Douwe Wermer12 77:17.03     |     Mike Hughey497221:35.94 
  
Youngest and oldest Magic solvers (info)
Person Years Months Days Time     |     Person Years Months Days Time  
Hannah Logan38 14.06     |     Grada Ooms6410122.91 
Aina Hashimoto (橋本愛那)31128.72     |     Carol Joyce546232.13 
Jillian Tin55269.75     |     Magdolna Nagy543123.13 
Yuhang Liu (刘宇航)5914.63     |     Eiji Okeda (桶田英次)54 173.59 
Emma Logan5928.88     |     Peter Douthwright501031.94 
Frankie Sell59278.02     |     Jay Satterfield49882.46 
Aje Derian Parenrengi51014.96     |     Ton Dennenbroek49814.33 
Adhika Ichwan Saniputra62212.48     |     Mike Hughey497221.69 
Francisco Jordan Rivera Castillon63 6.52     |     Bob Burton Sr.49132.53 
Enxi Xie (谢恩希)66105.36     |     Jean-Louis Mathieu488102.11 
  
Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person Gold Silver Bronze     |     Person Gold Silver Bronze  
Erik Akkersdijk37164     |     Erik Akkersdijk33717393 
Tomasz Żołnowski28103     |     Dan Cohen1918139 
Rowe Hessler2375     |     Bence Barát1619261 
Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)2123     |     Henrik Buus Aagaard1107345 
Edouard Chambon17133     |     Rowe Hessler1075333 
Harris Chan1531     |     Milán Baticz10011470 
Dan Cohen14123     |     Feliks Zemdegs99116 
Breandan Vallance1445     |     Timothy Sun922318 
Shotaro Makisumi (牧角 章太郎)1442     |     Clément Gallet827572 
Anssi Vanhala1421     |     Pedro Santos Guimarães793510 
  
Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (Single | Average)
Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5     |     Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5  
Feliks Zemdegs4121     |     Feliks Zemdegs3111 
Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)15294     |     Yu Nakajima (中島 悠)20974 
Dan Cohen211182     |     Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)231346 
Mats Valk343130     |     Dan Cohen272232 
Erik Akkersdijk3891910     |     Giovanni Contardi325225 
Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)4018418     |     Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)3311913 
Giovanni Contardi4024511     |     Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)38121016 
Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)4241424     |     Erik Akkersdijk3914178 
Cornelius Dieckmann47102413     |     Mats Valk4110526 
Yu Nakajima (中島 悠)595063     |     Milán Baticz67212224 
  
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  
Dan Cohen77311825467407274432116269954416852106 
Milán Baticz840221029544463259218296053278985585293 
Bence Barát86920481483144654593012101306319133423836 
Erik Akkersdijk886919104134967151614100541515327310852113 
Simon Westlund1410601571688035122712332433027484275202087 
Cornelius Dieckmann165710241371222411125613834915813432523298353761 
Maarten Smit19331316380229552125426928831993555362106444455 
Mats Valk20303130223355715866567113226615052312452290 
Dániel Varga258633325877416239174053132831621077046542311245292 
Feliks Zemdegs2634121161739143110274149276331157215129 
  
Sum of all average ranks
Person Sum 333 444 555 222 OH FT meg pyr sq1 clo 666 777 mag mma  
Dan Cohen4342232339803925634101011942 
Erik Akkersdijk54514178296417102311959231343106 
Milán Baticz56121222475784264188483016925 
Bence Barát7425624108107702096151488314136 
Simon Westlund108536294518772212360361825517178 
Mats Valk12511052651612111210526145377392478 
Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)12571191399254858137218242753085 
Cornelius Dieckmann136743337122425412420220428745523059 
Maarten Smit13916383654216625430534263555346151 
Robert Yau145015272870458624101551245186466272 
  
Appearances in Rubik's Cube top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person Appearances     |     Person Appearances  
Feliks Zemdegs38     |     Feliks Zemdegs26 
Mats Valk8     |     Mats Valk14 
Rowe Hessler6     |     Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)9 
Erik Akkersdijk6     |     Rowe Hessler9 
Michał Pleskowicz4     |     Michał Pleskowicz6 
Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)4     |     Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)6 
Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)4     |     Cornelius Dieckmann6 
Dan Cohen3     |     Giovanni Contardi4 
Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横)2     |     Yu Nakajima (中島 悠)4 
Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)2     |     Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)3 
  
Most Sub-X solves in Rubik's Cube
Name <10     |     Name <9     |     Name <8     |     Name <7  
Rowe Hessler132     |     Feliks Zemdegs88     |     Feliks Zemdegs44     |     Feliks Zemdegs9 
Feliks Zemdegs129     |     Mats Valk54     |     Mats Valk10     |     Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)3 
Erik Akkersdijk125     |     Rowe Hessler43     |     Rowe Hessler8     |     Mats Valk2 
Mats Valk110     |     Erik Akkersdijk35     |     Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)8     |     Rowe Hessler1 
Breandan Vallance105     |     Michał Pleskowicz35     |     Erik Akkersdijk6     |     Che-Ting Chu (朱哲廷)1 
Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)97     |     Cornelius Dieckmann34     |     Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)6     |     Anthony Brooks1 
Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)93     |     Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)34     |     Cornelius Dieckmann5     |     Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)1 
Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)91     |     Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)32     |     Michał Pleskowicz5     |     Stephen Adhisaputra1 
Tomasz Żołnowski85     |     Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)29     |     Dan Cohen4     |       
Giovanni Contardi79     |     Giovanni Contardi27     |     Giovanni Contardi3     |       
  
Rubik's Cube Blindfolded longest success streak
Person Length   Best Avg Worst When?  
Tim Habermaas37 1:19.431:55.103:50.28Nov 2009 - ongoing... 
Clément Gallet31 2:10.213:02.135:28.43Apr 2008 - Jan 2009 
Sébastien Auroux17 1:45.182:35.214:18.61Aug 2011 - Nov 2011 
Bernett Orlando15 2:24.693:24.695:22.03Oct 2006 - Oct 2008 
Rafał Guzewicz14 1:04.281:27.742:45.55Aug 2008 - Sep 2009 
Tomasz Żołnowski13 3:40.786:51.788:36.72Jul 2010 - Aug 2010 
Mike Hughey12 1:15.361:37.952:11.31Nov 2010 - Jun 2011 
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 
  
Rubik's Cube Blindfolded recent success rate (since Feb 4, 2011 - minimum 5 attempts)
Person Rate Solves Attempts   Best Avg Worst  
Tim Habermaas100.00 %1818 1:28.331:50.492:29.86 
Ludwig Choi90.91 %1011 3:25.414:45.796:40.77 
Marcell Endrey86.67 %1315 31.9843.7355.72 
Rizky Aditya Ramadhan83.33 %1012 2:53.523:12.294:07.38 
Tomoki Kubo (久保友樹)83.33 %56 1:02.361:09.561:19.27 
Fernando Daniel Hernández Sánchez83.33 %56 3:23.933:55.974:47.63 
Maxim Chechnev83.33 %56 3:23.938:01.9812:01.00 
Clément Gallet80.60 %5467 2:09.943:15.974:49.88 
Worasil Bunpeam (วรศิลป์ บุญเปี่ยม)80.00 %45 2:02.632:49.423:30.28 
Mike Hughey79.17 %1924 1:04.341:39.312:29.63 
  
World records in most events (current and past)
Person Events     |     Competition Events     |     Country Events  
Feliks Zemdegs7     |     World Championship 200313     |     USA17 
Mátyás Kuti7     |     Euro 20047     |     Hungary13 
Stefan Pochmann6     |     US Nationals 20067     |     Poland12 
Dan Cohen5     |     World Championship 20057     |     Japan11 
Erik Akkersdijk5     |     Belgian Open 20076     |     Netherlands11 
Chris Hardwick4     |     Belgian Open 20086     |     Sweden10 
Shotaro Makisumi (牧角 章太郎)4     |     Polish Open 20076     |     Germany9 
Gunnar Krig3     |     World Championship 20076     |     Australia8 
Jaap Scherphuis3     |     Caltech Dallas 20055     |     China7 
Lars Vandenbergh3     |     Dutch Masters 20085     |     France7 
  
Best Podiums in Rubik's Cube event
Competition Sum First   Second   Third    
World Championship 201127.79Michał Pleskowicz8.65Rowe Hessler9.56Feliks Zemdegs9.58 
German Nationals 201127.94Cornelius Dieckmann8.52Mats Valk9.38Philipp Weyer10.04 
UT Open 201129.23Yu Nakajima (中島 悠)9.28Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)9.94Yu Sajima (佐島 優)10.01 
German Open 201129.30Mats Valk9.09Sebastian Weyer9.91Cornelius Dieckmann10.30 
Hua Hin Open 201129.47Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)9.41Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)9.72Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)10.34 
Bridgewater Open 201129.55Rowe Hessler8.27John Tamanas10.13Dan Cohen11.15 
Amstelveen Open 201129.59Erik Akkersdijk9.46Mats Valk9.66Breandan Vallance10.47 
Czech Open 201129.64Milán Baticz9.62Michał Pleskowicz9.80Morten Arborg10.22 
Hokuriku Eve 201129.93Yu Nakajima (中島 悠)9.39Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)10.20Yu Sajima (佐島 優)10.34 
Dutch Open 201129.95Mats Valk9.34Milán Baticz10.22Maarten Smit10.39 
  
Oldest standing world records (info)
Event Type Days Result Person Competition  
3x3 fewest movesSingle101622Jimmy CollBarcelona Open 2009 
3x3 fewest movesSingle56822István KoczaCzech Open 2010 
Square-1Single4898.65Bingliang Li (李炳良)Guangdong Open 2010 
2x2 CubeAverage4482.12Feliks ZemdegsMelbourne Cube Day 2010 
3x3 with feetSingle37831.56Anssi VanhalaHelsinki Open 2011 
MegaminxSingle28842.28Simon WestlundDanish Open 2011 
MegaminxAverage28849.90Simon WestlundDanish Open 2011 
Rubik's MagicSingle2870.69Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩)Beijing Spring 2011 
Master MagicSingle2661.68Ernie PulchnyPark Ridge Open 2011 
5x5 blindfoldedSingle2599:48.58Ville SeppänenKirkkonummi Open 2011 
  
Most Persons (info)
Event Persons     |     Competition Persons     |     Country Persons  
Rubik's Cube15927     |     World Championship 2009327     |     USA3185 
2x2 Cube7658     |     World Championship 2011292     |     China2676 
4x4 Cube5217     |     Aachen Open 2011230     |     Indonesia886 
3x3 one-handed5043     |     Euro 2010227     |     India794 
Rubik's Magic3885     |     US Nationals 2010227     |     Germany616 
Pyraminx3274     |     World Championship 2007214     |     Japan607 
5x5 Cube2996     |     US Nationals 2011204     |     Canada534 
3x3 blindfolded2105     |     Beijing Summer Open 2009162     |     Taiwan498 
Megaminx1601     |     Guangdong Open 2009162     |     France486 
Master Magic1487     |     Spanish Championship 2009158     |     Spain466 
  
Most Competitions (info)
Person Competitions     |     Event Competitions     |     Country Competitions  
Bob Burton86     |     Rubik's Cube920     |     USA226 
Clément Gallet85     |     3x3 one-handed823     |     China97 
Arnaud van Galen82     |     4x4 Cube820     |     Japan48 
Ton Dennenbroek80     |     3x3 blindfolded800     |     France47 
François Courtès80     |     2x2 Cube781     |     Poland38 
Lars Vandenbergh80     |     5x5 Cube692     |     Germany35 
Ron van Bruchem77     |     Rubik's Magic667     |     Canada30 
Erik Akkersdijk77     |     Pyraminx543     |     Spain30 
Shelley Chang71     |     Master Magic511     |     Indonesia29 
Adam Zamora66     |     Square-1467     |     Italy28 
  
Most Countries (info)
Person Countries     |     Event Countries     |     Competition Countries  
Arnaud van Galen25     |     Rubik's Cube51     |     World Championship 201135 
Anders Larsson23     |     2x2 Cube50     |     World Championship 200932 
Clément Gallet18     |     4x4 Cube50     |     World Championship 200728 
István Kocza18     |     3x3 one-handed48     |     Euro 201026 
Milán Baticz18     |     3x3 blindfolded47     |     World Championship 198219 
Lars Vandenbergh17     |     5x5 Cube46     |     Aachen Open 201118 
Olivér Perge17     |     Rubik's Magic46     |     Euro 200616 
Bence Barát16     |     Pyraminx45     |     World Championship 200516 
Gábor Szabó16     |     Megaminx42     |     Aachen Open 201015 
Ron van Bruchem16     |     Master Magic42     |     Czech Open 201115 
  
Most solves in one competition or year
Person Solves Competition     |     Person Solves Year  
Dan Cohen150 / 162US Nationals 2011     |     Sébastien Auroux1842 / 19222011 
Bence Barát146 / 152Pabianice Open 2010     |     Erik Akkersdijk1477 / 16092010 
Timothy Sun145 / 158US Nationals 2010     |     François Courtès1407 / 15762011 
Milán Baticz140 / 149Pabianice Open 2010     |     Bence Barát1349 / 13922010 
David Woner139 / 145US Nationals 2011     |     Arnaud van Galen1244 / 13082009 
Feliks Zemdegs135 / 143World Championship 2011     |     Clément Gallet1213 / 12492011 
Daniel Sheppard134 / 141Danish Open 2011     |     Lars Vandenbergh922 / 9452009 
Simon Westlund133 / 137Helsinki Open 2011     |     Joey Gouly903 / 9842010 
Michał Pleskowicz133 / 140Polish Nationals 2011     |     Dan Cohen889 / 9602011 
Michael Gottlieb128 / 137US Nationals 2010     |     Jan Bentlage883 / 9252011