Fun Statistics

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

Generated on Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:27:50 +0200.

  
Youngest and oldest 3x3 solvers (info)
Person Years Months Days Time     |     Person Years Months Days Time  
Enxi Xie46101:28.06     |     Xinxian Li886164:43.52 
Zhanlu Zhang46141:30.78     |     Yongchao Wang826154:59.18 
Yui Tomita48141:48.28     |     Martin Berger8011292:38.94 
Shufan Wang49196:19.50     |     Rune Wesström80 2847.61 
Shiyan Zhang411291:17.44     |     Hideaki Tomoyori7792558.38 
Valentine Chung5 223:04.04     |     Zhiwei Jin757141:43.80 
Emilien Combaret51232:01.05     |     Xiansheng Chen752282:17.61 
Daniël Hop51302:06.65     |     Haruo Aoki7421337.19 
Jinxuan Pei522444.38     |     Huimin Zhu7111211:30.63 
Haolong Lü5461:15.88     |     Valerie Elson698301:51.38 
  
Youngest and oldest 3x3 blindfolded solvers (info)
Person Years Months Days Time     |     Person Years Months Days Time  
Justin Adsuara10216:33.75     |     Mats Bergsten602272:04.69 
Bernett Orlando104213:55.77     |     Bill McGaugh574178:43.22 
Shusei Tabuchi10644:06.75     |     Bruce Norskog536146:17.21 
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 
Stephen Adhisaputra12 285:56.86     |     Ton Dennenbroek4810244:47.58 
Mats Valk122153:32.09     |     Mike Hughey48431:37.27 
Kevin Kapinos123287:59.13     |     Hans van der Zijden479 6:33.37 
Andrea Monti127177:55.84     |     Park Sang-Dong47613:50.58 
  
Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person Gold Silver Bronze     |     Person Gold Silver Bronze  
Erik Akkersdijk30122     |     Erik Akkersdijk25711661 
Tomasz Zolnowski2051     |     Dan Cohen1265322 
Edouard Chambon17102     |     Timothy Sun892118 
Shotaro Makisumi1442     |     Bence Barát784035 
Rowe Hessler1134     |     Gunnar Krig673944 
Dan Dzoan11211     |     Pedro Santos Guimarães65135 
Harris Chan1121     |     Clément Gallet615554 
Leyan Lo10137     |     Takao Hashimoto571512 
Gunnar Krig1076     |     Rowe Hessler563225 
Anssi Vanhala1011     |     Milán Baticz556844 
  
Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (Single | Average)
Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5     |     Person Sum 3x3 4x4 5x5  
Feliks Zemdegs13823     |     Feliks Zemdegs4112 
Erik Akkersdijk15195     |     Erik Akkersdijk13256 
Syuhei Omura282161     |     Syuhei Omura311687 
Dan Cohen322732     |     Dan Cohen4126141 
Milán Baticz4522149     |     Yumu Tabuchi4141324 
Yumu Tabuchi54131526     |     Robert Yau5316730 
Giovanni Contardi5924530     |     Milán Baticz57311214 
Mats Valk7693136     |     Mats Valk64102925 
Bence Barát77471713     |     Giovanni Contardi669453 
Yu Nakajima86175118     |     Yu Nakajima69302217 
  
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 Akkersdijk42919517424384256033391731482153 
Dan Cohen642273215027403928291514232430175921112 
Bence Barát7104717134183627219181510051115164221113 
Milán Baticz712221492328521816415375529821914592142 
Maarten Smit929282656981912127158241985302217841191535 
Timothy Sun1282653643411313027111492225235191955765132116 
Mats Valk14219313623230461199604211812330912865921232 
Michael Gottlieb178989462717013050134164343624848121591575921232 
Yumu Tabuchi1813131526141119189120181741574086323724992152 
Olivér Perge19372041601242156642131646512612946255731592121 
  
Sum of all average ranks
Person Sum 333 444 555 222 OH FT meg pyr sq1 clo 666 777 mag mma  
Erik Akkersdijk278256615113137243692760 
Milán Baticz40931121419438713256122917533 
Bence Barát463661587107256471177317119 
Dan Cohen4942614193583230757161211920 
Maarten Smit68529285540109872014262273115562 
Michael Gottlieb853773618483987371738149121611763 
Mats Valk854102925103562606037752137161232 
Timothy Sun10734226515173131431584427286884229 
Simon Westlund1227833792321338752350481013942572 
Pascal So1378544911941488725107471608118497279 
  
Appearances in 3x3x3 top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person Appearances     |     Person Appearances  
Erik Akkersdijk14     |     Erik Akkersdijk24 
Feliks Zemdegs14     |     Tomasz Zolnowski17 
Tomasz Zolnowski8     |     Yumu Tabuchi10 
Kanneti Sae Han7     |     Kanneti Sae Han8 
Yumu Tabuchi5     |     Feliks Zemdegs7 
Rowe Hessler4     |     Mats Valk6 
Harris Chan4     |     Harris Chan4 
Mats Valk4     |     Rowe Hessler3 
Piti Pichedpan4     |     Syuhei Omura3 
Dan Cohen3     |     Eric Limeback2 
  
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 Aug 1, 2009 - minimum 5 attempts)
Person Rate Solves Attempts   Best Avg Worst  
Hong Zhang100.00 %66 2:01.002:36.743:17.21 
Clément Gallet85.71 %3642 2:09.962:53.414:27.52 
Álvaro González Lasseube83.33 %56 3:54.414:57.096:08.40 
Tim Habermaas81.82 %911 1:19.432:02.893:50.28 
Chris Krueger80.00 %45 1:37.842:05.602:23.44 
Patrick Jason Lim80.00 %45 5:25.906:12.906:43.84 
István Kocza78.12 %2532 1:37.092:21.064:50.31 
Yunqi Ouyang77.78 %79 1:22.082:00.812:42.43 
Tomoki Kubo77.78 %79 1:46.032:14.093:42.65 
Rafal Guzewicz75.00 %912 1:05.941:20.601:39.59 
  
World records in most events (current and past)
Person Events     |     Competition Events     |     Country Events  
Mátyás Kuti7     |     World Championship 200313     |     USA17 
Stefan Pochmann6     |     Euro 20047     |     Hungary11 
Dan Cohen5     |     US Nationals 20067     |     Japan11 
Erik Akkersdijk5     |     World Championship 20057     |     Netherlands11 
Chris Hardwick4     |     Belgian Open 20076     |     Poland11 
Shotaro Makisumi4     |     Belgian Open 20086     |     Sweden9 
Gunnar Krig3     |     Polish Open 20076     |     Germany8 
Jaap Scherphuis3     |     World Championship 20076     |     France7 
Lars Vandenbergh3     |     Caltech Dallas 20055     |     China6 
Michal Halczuk3     |     Dutch Masters 20085     |     Belgium5 
  
3x3x3 best standard deviation
Person Standard Deviation Times  
Zhen Tang0.0419.86   19.84   19.78   19.88   19.90 
Vincent Sheu0.0720.25   20.30   20.28   20.09   20.28 
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 
  
Best 3x3 Podiums
Competition Sum First   Second   Third    
MegaHouse Cup 201031.83Yumu Tabuchi10.48Yu Sajima10.55Syuhei Omura10.80 
Cologne Open 201032.66Mats Valk10.68Erik Akkersdijk10.71Maarten Smit11.27 
Czech Open 201032.94Kanneti Sae Han10.75Tomasz Zolnowski11.00Erik Akkersdijk11.19 
JRCA Kanto Winter 201033.52Yumu Tabuchi10.47Mitsuki Gunji11.44Yu Sajima11.61 
Japan Open 201033.79Yumu Tabuchi10.94Mitsuki Gunji11.37Wataru Hashimura11.48 
Düsseldorf Open 201033.80Mats Valk10.89Erik Akkersdijk10.97Jan Smarschevski11.94 
World Championship 200933.90Breandan Vallance10.74Erik Akkersdijk11.52Tomasz Zolnowski11.64 
Kawasaki Open 201034.20Syuhei Omura10.93Arifumi Fushimi11.62Yu Sajima11.65 
Bristol Spring 201034.25Erik Akkersdijk10.49Milán Baticz11.83Bence Barát11.93 
Dutch Open 200934.46Mats Valk10.61Erik Akkersdijk11.50Dan Dzoan12.35 
  
Oldest standing world records
Event Type Days Result Person Competition  
PyraminxSingle8892.83Tomasz KiedrowiczGdansk Open 2008 
Rubik's CubeSingle7507.08Erik AkkersdijkCzech Open 2008 
Master MagicAverage6811.95Máté HorváthEuro 2008 
2x2 CubeSingle6310.96Erik AkkersdijkGeneva Open 2008 
3x3 fewest movesSingle46422Jimmy CollBarcelona Open 2009 
6x6 CubeAverage3522:32.00Dan CohenUS Nationals 2009 
3x3 with feetSingle26736.72Anssi VanhalaEstonian Open 2009 
3x3 with feetAverage26742.08Anssi VanhalaEstonian Open 2009 
6x6 CubeSingle2462:15.53Michal HalczukSilesia Open 2009 
2x2 CubeAverage2322.45Rowe HesslerBrown Cubing Day 2009 
  
Most Persons (info)
Event Persons     |     Competition Persons     |     Country Persons  
Rubik's Cube9933     |     World Championship 2009327     |     USA2297 
2x2 Cube4189     |     World Championship 2007214     |     China1583 
4x4 Cube3013     |     Beijing Summer Open 2009162     |     Japan495 
3x3 one-handed2842     |     Guangdong Open 2009162     |     India392 
Rubik's Magic2085     |     Spanish Championship 2009158     |     Canada369 
5x5 Cube1766     |     Aachen Open 2010154     |     Spain365 
Pyraminx1584     |     Jakarta Open 2010152     |     Taiwan362 
3x3 blindfolded1259     |     Malaysian Open 2009151     |     Germany347 
Megaminx837     |     San Francisco Open 2009150     |     Korea329 
Square-1818     |     Beijing Metropolis Open 2009149     |     France325 
  
Most Competitions (info)
Person Competitions     |     Event Competitions     |     Country Competitions  
Lars Vandenbergh70     |     Rubik's Cube519     |     USA153 
Ton Dennenbroek64     |     4x4 Cube464     |     China33 
Bob Burton63     |     3x3 one-handed461     |     Japan32 
Arnaud van Galen62     |     3x3 blindfolded456     |     France28 
Ron van Bruchem60     |     2x2 Cube412     |     Poland25 
Clément Gallet59     |     5x5 Cube390     |     Sweden21 
Shelley Chang58     |     Rubik's Magic360     |     Spain20 
Erik Akkersdijk55     |     Square-1272     |     Germany19 
Adam Zamora55     |     Pyraminx259     |     Netherlands19 
Leyan Lo47     |     Master Magic258     |     Canada17 
  
Most Countries (info)
Person Countries     |     Event Countries     |     Competition Countries  
Anders Larsson21     |     Rubik's Cube42     |     World Championship 200932 
Arnaud van Galen18     |     2x2 Cube41     |     World Championship 200728 
Clément Gallet16     |     4x4 Cube41     |     World Championship 198219 
Lars Vandenbergh16     |     3x3 blindfolded40     |     Euro 200616 
István Kocza15     |     3x3 one-handed40     |     World Championship 200516 
Olivér Perge15     |     5x5 Cube39     |     French Open 200915 
Ton Dennenbroek14     |     Pyraminx36     |     World Championship 200315 
Bence Barát13     |     Rubik's Magic35     |     Aachen Open 201014 
Erik Akkersdijk13     |     Square-135     |     Benelux Open 201014 
Gábor Szabó13     |     Megaminx32     |     Euro 200814 
  
Most solves or DNFs in one competition
Person Solves Competition     |     Person DNFs Competition  
Bence Barát125 / 131Czech Open 2010     |     Vincent Sheu20 / 45Stanford Winter 2010 
Sébastien Auroux124 / 127Montpellier Open 2010     |     Sarah Strong16 / 48Toronto Winter 2010 
Clément Gallet120 / 121Montpellier Open 2010     |     Olivér Perge15 / 62Hungarian Open 2008 
Erik Akkersdijk119 / 134Polish Open 2009     |     Kai Jiptner15 / 92Polish Open 2009 
Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez117 / 122Montpellier Open 2010     |     Dan Cohen15 / 113US Nationals 2009 
Ting Sheng Bao Yang111 / 115Montpellier Open 2010     |     Erik Akkersdijk15 / 134Polish Open 2009 
Kamil Zielinski109 / 112Polish Open 2009     |     Nicholas Sia14 / 55Ohio Open 2010 
Timothy Sun109 / 118US Nationals 2009     |     David Gugl13 / 45German Open 2010 
Pedro Santos Guimarães104 / 112UNESP Open 2009     |     Andrea Santambrogio13 / 63Italian Open 2010 
David Woner103 / 111US Nationals 2009     |     Axel Häck13 / 84Alania Open 2010