Fun Statistics

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

Generated on Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 +0200.

• Youngest and oldest Rubik's Cube solvers
• Youngest and oldest Rubik's Cube blindfolded solvers
• Youngest and oldest Magic solvers
• Best "medal collection"
• Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks
• Sum of all single ranks
• Sum of all average ranks
• Appearances in Rubik's Cube top 100 results
• Most Sub-X solves in Rubik's Cube
• Rubik's Cube Blindfolded longest success streak
• Rubik's Cube Blindfolded recent success rate
• World records in most events
• Best Podiums in Rubik's Cube event
• Oldest standing world records
• Most Persons
• Most Competitions
• Most Countries
• Most solves in one competition or year

Youngest and oldest Rubik's Cube solvers (info)
Person	Years	Months	Days	Time	|	Person	Years	Months	Days	Time
Yi Hui (回益)	3	6	5	2:43.34	|	Egon Micheelsen	90	7	25	5:52.16
Shengzhi Gao (高圣知)	3	8	21	1:02.30	|	Xinxian Li (李新贤)	88	6	16	4:43.52
Yuhan Shi (史毓涵)	3	11	19	2:41.71	|	Yongchao Wang (王永超)	82	6	15	4:59.18
Itsaya Jaruwattanakun (อิษยา จารุวัฒนกุล)	4		7	2:09.91	|	Adelina Estevao	82	1	18	1:50.03
Zihan Liu (刘子涵)	4	2	27	1:08.46	|	Martin Berger	80	11	29	2:38.94
Chan Hong Lik	4	4	25	1:04.94	|	Rune Wesström	80	4	25	33.34
Chenbai Zhao (赵陈柏)	4	5	15	1:20.00	|	Hideaki Tomoyori (友寄英哲)	78	6	11	45.02
Monicka Manni	4	6	5	2:17.06	|	Lilian Micheelsen	75	11	7	2:29.52
Enxi Xie (谢恩希)	4	6	10	1:28.06	|	Haruo Aoki (青木治雄)	75	10	4	40.46
Zhanlu Zhang	4	6	14	1:30.78	|	Zhiwei Jin	75	7	14	1:43.80

Youngest and oldest Rubik's Cube blindfolded solvers (info)
Person	Years	Months	Days	Time	|	Person	Years	Months	Days	Time
Rakshita Kanakaraj	7	11	25	6:28.02	|	Mats Bergsten	61	9	8	1:25.44
Shufan Wang (王澍凡)	8	3	30	10:52.00	|	Walter Monti	57	9	6	7:11.56
Dhanayush Raninga	9	4	12	8:25.08	|	Bill McGaugh	57	4	17	8:43.22
Mai Ito (伊藤舞)	10	1	20	6:33.50	|	Robert D. Johnson	56	10	12	7:51.21
Justin Adsuara	10	2	1	6:33.75	|	Bruce Norskog	55	4	23	7:28.71
Bernett Orlando	10	4	21	3:55.77	|	Ernie Valdés	52	5	7	5:14.00
Shusei Tabuchi (田渕柊星)	10	6	4	4:06.75	|	John Louis	51	4	13	8:56.91
Rami Sbahi	10	6	23	5:52.18	|	Javier Santos	51	2	28	10:42.00
Jonathan Lin	11	5	4	5:21.00	|	Mats Luthman	51	1	1	4:00.03
Will Ballard	11	10		6:35.56	|	Mike Hughey	49	11	18	1:21.16

Youngest and oldest Magic solvers (info)
Person	Years	Months	Days	Time	|	Person	Years	Months	Days	Time
Hannah Logan	3	8		14.06	|	Grada Ooms	64	10	12	2.91
Ayana Komami (駒見彩奈)	3	10	14	8.47	|	Carol Joyce	54	6	23	2.13
Aina Hashimoto (橋本愛那)	3	11	2	8.72	|	Magdolna Nagy	54	3	12	3.13
Vira Bilchenko (Віра Більченко)	4	1	20	19.47	|	Eiji Okeda (桶田英次)	54		17	3.59
Patrick Chu	4	8	22	12.66	|	Ton Dennenbroek	51	4	1	3.40
Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)	5		18	3.65	|	Peter Douthwright	51	3	24	2.03
Jillian Tin	5	5	26	9.75	|	Jay Satterfield	49	8	8	2.46
Yuhang Liu (刘宇航)	5	9	1	4.63	|	Mike Hughey	49	7	22	1.69
Emma Logan	5	9	2	8.88	|	Hanneke Rijks	49	3	27	2.53
Frankie Sell	5	9	27	8.02	|	Bob Burton Sr.	49	1	3	2.53

Best "medal collection" (3x3x3 and overall)
Person	Gold	Silver	Bronze	|	Person	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Erik Akkersdijk	38	18	5	|	Erik Akkersdijk	355	186	109
Tomasz Żołnowski	28	11	3	|	Dan Cohen	201	83	42
Rowe Hessler	25	10	5	|	Bence Barát	170	99	62
Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)	22	2	3	|	Rowe Hessler	122	64	35
Edouard Chambon	17	14	3	|	Henrik Buus Aagaard	112	75	48
Mats Valk	16	10	4	|	Milán Baticz	107	117	71
Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	16	1	2	|	Feliks Zemdegs	103	11	6
Breandan Vallance	15	5	5	|	Timothy Sun	92	23	18
Harris Chan	15	3	2	|	Clément Gallet	86	81	78
Dan Cohen	14	12	4	|	Pedro Santos Guimarães	83	38	11

Sum of 3x3/4x4/5x5 ranks (Single | Average)
Person	Sum	3x3	4x4	5x5	|	Person	Sum	3x3	4x4	5x5
Feliks Zemdegs	6	1	3	2	|	Feliks Zemdegs	5	1	3	1
Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)	18	3	11	4	|	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	22	12	7	3
Mats Valk	21	4	1	16	|	Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)	25	15	6	4
Dan Cohen	26	13	10	3	|	Mats Valk	27	8	1	18
Erik Akkersdijk	27	12	2	13	|	Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	29	5	12	12
Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	30	5	16	9	|	Erik Akkersdijk	36	17	8	11
Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	46	36	9	1	|	Dan Cohen	37	27	5	5
Cornelius Dieckmann	48	6	25	17	|	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	38	3	15	20
Giovanni Contardi	50	28	8	14	|	Giovanni Contardi	41	7	4	30
Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	52	22	6	24	|	Yu Sajima (佐島優)	44	22	9	13

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 Cohen	856	13	10	3	59	72	49	77	84	52	23	18	29	9	10	58	47	72	56	115
Milán Baticz	878	26	14	15	59	17	79	26	101	19	31	63	59	29	9	107	6	61	56	101
Erik Akkersdijk	905	12	2	13	4	120	98	3	14	17	17	105	60	16	15	33	85	113	56	122
Bence Barát	968	24	56	19	90	16	57	56	66	38	14	11	139	6	4	207	38	44	42	41
Simon Westlund	1342	37	17	39	75	88	44	15	28	1	25	38	46	32	28	518	256	23	16	16
Cornelius Dieckmann	1516	6	25	17	72	26	30	122	281	150	99	167	143	34	55	33	111	37	40	68
Maarten Smit	2135	157	62	92	263	59	243	56	287	31	101	21	9	37	58	383	120	46	48	62
Daniel Sheppard	2179	205	53	121	173	24	336	9	34	169	18	111	4	62	96	518	239	1	2	4
Mats Valk	2227	4	1	16	22	364	6	9	175	78	72	8	123	26	68	162	592	131	56	314
Dániel Varga	2298	277	239	89	72	254	23	41	58	146	101	171	115	77	49	58	267	131	56	74

Sum of all average ranks
Person	Sum	333	444	555	222	OH	FT	meg	pyr	sq1	clo	666	777	mag	mma
Dan Cohen	465	27	5	5	3	24	89	43	29	6	37	10	11	126	50
Erik Akkersdijk	581	17	8	11	36	73	9	11	27	122	65	25	13	43	121
Milán Baticz	583	26	27	22	8	34	93	31	46	90	53	34	16	97	6
Bence Barát	831	70	30	14	9	123	78	24	105	16	157	8	4	149	44
Simon Westlund	1053	50	33	44	23	90	24	1	27	62	39	18	26	448	168
Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	1353	5	12	12	10	12	290	94	90	395	196	24	81	31	101
Mats Valk	1357	8	1	18	5	19	135	126	116	27	154	45	78	97	528
Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	1383	12	7	3	106	191	31	27	34	405	40	4	12	448	63
Cornelius Dieckmann	1411	2	25	31	11	19	290	140	163	213	309	51	55	31	71
Maarten Smit	1437	75	57	80	50	183	208	33	60	45	6	43	58	366	173

Appearances in Rubik's Cube top 100 results (Single | Average)
Person	Appearances	|	Person	Appearances
Feliks Zemdegs	32	|	Feliks Zemdegs	27
Mats Valk	11	|	Mats Valk	15
Rowe Hessler	7	|	Cornelius Dieckmann	12
Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	6	|	Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)	9
Cornelius Dieckmann	6	|	Michał Pleskowicz	7
Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	3	|	Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	6
Erik Akkersdijk	3	|	Giovanni Contardi	4
Dan Cohen	2	|	Rowe Hessler	4
Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)	2	|	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	3
Sebastian Weyer	2	|	Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)	3

Most Sub-X solves in Rubik's Cube
Name	<10	|	Name	<9	|	Name	<8	|	Name	<7
Rowe Hessler	170	|	Feliks Zemdegs	95	|	Feliks Zemdegs	47	|	Feliks Zemdegs	10
Erik Akkersdijk	144	|	Mats Valk	74	|	Mats Valk	17	|	Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	4
Mats Valk	141	|	Rowe Hessler	59	|	Cornelius Dieckmann	13	|	Mats Valk	3
Feliks Zemdegs	141	|	Cornelius Dieckmann	55	|	Rowe Hessler	12	|	Rowe Hessler	1
Breandan Vallance	134	|	Erik Akkersdijk	43	|	Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	10	|	Che-Ting Chu (朱哲廷)	1
Cornelius Dieckmann	115	|	Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)	41	|	Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)	8	|	Anthony Brooks	1
Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	108	|	Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	40	|	Erik Akkersdijk	7	|	Cornelius Dieckmann	1
Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	105	|	Michał Pleskowicz	40	|	Michał Pleskowicz	6	|	Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)	1
Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)	103	|	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	37	|	Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)	5	|	Michał Pleskowicz	1
Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)	101	|	Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)	30	|	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	4	|	Stephen Adhisaputra	1

Rubik's Cube Blindfolded longest success streak
Person	Length		Best	Avg	Worst	When?
Tim Habermaas	46		1:19.43	1:51.76	3:50.28	Nov 2009 - ongoing...
Clément Gallet	37		2:13.36	3:36.92	5:21.78	Sep 2011 - Apr 2012
Sébastien Auroux	17		1:45.18	2:35.21	4:18.61	Aug 2011 - Nov 2011
Bernett Orlando	15		2:24.69	3:24.69	5:22.03	Oct 2006 - Oct 2008
Rafał Guzewicz	14		1:04.28	1:27.74	2:45.55	Aug 2008 - Sep 2009
Tomasz Żołnowski	13		3:40.78	6:51.78	8:36.72	Jul 2010 - Aug 2010
Mike Hughey	12		1:15.36	1:37.95	2:11.31	Nov 2010 - Jun 2011
Leyan Lo	12		1:28.82	1:55.90	2:22.84	Jan 2006 - Aug 2006
Stefan Pochmann	12		3:01.58	4:29.73	5:52.06	Oct 2007 - Aug 2009
István Kocza	11		1:46.46	2:35.17	4:50.31	Oct 2009 - Jan 2010

Rubik's Cube Blindfolded recent success rate (since May 17, 2011 - minimum 5 attempts)
Person	Rate	Solves	Attempts		Best	Avg	Worst
Tim Habermaas	100.00 %	24	24		1:21.40	1:45.33	2:29.86
Micael Boulet	100.00 %	6	6		2:06.18	2:21.37	2:50.16
Ilham Fikriya Darmawan	100.00 %	6	6		4:31.86	5:31.62	7:29.50
Malcolm Granville	88.89 %	8	9		1:32.50	2:36.45	4:59.08
Loïc Petit	87.50 %	14	16		3:11.80	4:31.28	5:58.90
Clément Gallet	84.85 %	56	66		2:09.94	3:23.00	5:21.78
Marcell Endrey	83.33 %	20	24		27.65	40.07	55.72
Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)	83.33 %	10	12		52.16	1:32.72	1:58.08
Chung Tze Yang	83.33 %	10	12		2:03.05	2:39.43	4:14.59
Rizky Aditya Ramadhan	83.33 %	5	6		2:54.09	3:22.18	4:07.38

World records in most events (current and past)
Person	Events	|	Competition	Events	|	Country	Events
Feliks Zemdegs	7	|	World Championship 2003	13	|	USA	17
Mátyás Kuti	7	|	Euro 2004	7	|	Hungary	15
Stefan Pochmann	6	|	US Nationals 2006	7	|	Poland	12
Dan Cohen	5	|	World Championship 2005	7	|	Japan	11
Erik Akkersdijk	5	|	Belgian Open 2007	6	|	Netherlands	11
Chris Hardwick	4	|	Belgian Open 2008	6	|	Sweden	10
Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎)	4	|	Polish Open 2007	6	|	Germany	9
Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	4	|	World Championship 2007	6	|	Australia	8
Gunnar Krig	3	|	Caltech Dallas 2005	5	|	China	8
Jaap Scherphuis	3	|	Dutch Masters 2008	5	|	France	7

Best Podiums in Rubik's Cube event
Competition	Sum	First		Second		Third
German Open 2012	26.87	Mats Valk	8.59	Sebastian Weyer	8.98	Cornelius Dieckmann	9.30
Rabbit and Turtle 2012	27.51	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	8.25	Yu Sajima (佐島優)	9.38	Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴)	9.88
Thailand Championship 2012	27.54	Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	8.38	Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)	9.29	Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)	9.87
World Championship 2011	27.79	Michał Pleskowicz	8.65	Rowe Hessler	9.56	Feliks Zemdegs	9.58
German Nationals 2011	27.94	Cornelius Dieckmann	8.52	Mats Valk	9.38	Philipp Weyer	10.04
UT Open 2011	29.23	Yu Nakajima (中島悠)	9.28	Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)	9.94	Yu Sajima (佐島優)	10.01
German Open 2011	29.30	Mats Valk	9.09	Sebastian Weyer	9.91	Cornelius Dieckmann	10.30
Hua Hin Open 2011	29.47	Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์)	9.41	Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์)	9.72	Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทย์โยธิน)	10.34
Bridgewater Open 2011	29.55	Rowe Hessler	8.27	John Tamanas	10.13	Dan Cohen	11.15
Amstelveen Open 2011	29.59	Erik Akkersdijk	9.46	Mats Valk	9.66	Breandan Vallance	10.47

Oldest standing world records (info)
Event	Type	Days	Result	Person	Competition
3x3 fewest moves	Single	1119	22	Jimmy Coll	Barcelona Open 2009
3x3 fewest moves	Single	671	22	István Kocza	Czech Open 2010
Square-1	Single	592	8.65	Bingliang Li (李炳良)	Guangdong Open 2010
2x2 Cube	Average	551	2.12	Feliks Zemdegs	Melbourne Cube Day 2010
3x3 with feet	Single	481	31.56	Anssi Vanhala	Helsinki Open 2011
Megaminx	Single	391	42.28	Simon Westlund	Danish Open 2011
Rubik's Magic	Single	390	0.69	Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩)	Beijing Spring 2011
Master Magic	Single	369	1.68	Ernie Pulchny	Park Ridge Open 2011
Rubik's Cube	Single	327	5.66	Feliks Zemdegs	Melbourne Winter Open 2011
Rubik's Cube	Average	327	7.64	Feliks Zemdegs	Melbourne Winter Open 2011

Most Persons (info)
Event	Persons	|	Competition	Persons	|	Country	Persons
Rubik's Cube	17247	|	World Championship 2009	327	|	USA	3390
2x2 Cube	8430	|	World Championship 2011	292	|	China	2798
4x4 Cube	5669	|	Aachen Open 2011	230	|	India	920
3x3 one-handed	5449	|	Euro 2010	227	|	Indonesia	890
Rubik's Magic	4194	|	US Nationals 2010	227	|	Germany	711
Pyraminx	3621	|	World Championship 2007	214	|	Japan	667
5x5 Cube	3285	|	US Nationals 2011	204	|	Canada	565
3x3 blindfolded	2269	|	Beijing Summer Open 2009	162	|	France	557
Megaminx	1749	|	Guangdong Open 2009	162	|	Taiwan	514
Master Magic	1662	|	Spanish Championship 2009	158	|	Spain	480

Most Competitions (info)
Person	Competitions	|	Event	Competitions	|	Country	Competitions
Bob Burton	92	|	Rubik's Cube	1006	|	USA	242
Clément Gallet	91	|	3x3 one-handed	900	|	China	105
Arnaud van Galen	91	|	4x4 Cube	900	|	Japan	55
François Courtès	89	|	3x3 blindfolded	867	|	France	53
Ton Dennenbroek	84	|	2x2 Cube	862	|	Germany	40
Lars Vandenbergh	82	|	5x5 Cube	759	|	Poland	39
Ron van Bruchem	82	|	Rubik's Magic	726	|	Italy	32
Erik Akkersdijk	82	|	Pyraminx	606	|	Spain	32
Shelley Chang	76	|	Master Magic	560	|	Canada	31
Adam Zamora	67	|	Square-1	506	|	Indonesia	30

Most Countries (info)
Person	Countries	|	Event	Countries	|	Competition	Countries
Arnaud van Galen	27	|	Rubik's Cube	54	|	World Championship 2011	35
Anders Larsson	24	|	2x2 Cube	53	|	World Championship 2009	32
Clément Gallet	18	|	4x4 Cube	53	|	World Championship 2007	28
István Kocza	18	|	3x3 one-handed	51	|	Euro 2010	26
Milán Baticz	18	|	3x3 blindfolded	50	|	World Championship 1982	19
Olivér Perge	18	|	5x5 Cube	49	|	Aachen Open 2011	18
Ron van Bruchem	18	|	Rubik's Magic	49	|	Euro 2006	16
Bence Barát	17	|	Pyraminx	48	|	World Championship 2005	16
Lars Vandenbergh	17	|	Master Magic	46	|	Aachen Open 2010	15
Erik Akkersdijk	16	|	Megaminx	44	|	Czech Open 2011	15

Most solves in one competition or year
Person	Solves	Competition	|	Person	Solves	Year
Dan Cohen	150 / 162	US Nationals 2011	|	Sébastien Auroux	1842 / 1922	2011
Bence Barát	146 / 152	Pabianice Open 2010	|	Erik Akkersdijk	1477 / 1609	2010
Timothy Sun	145 / 158	US Nationals 2010	|	François Courtès	1407 / 1576	2011
Milán Baticz	140 / 149	Pabianice Open 2010	|	Bence Barát	1349 / 1392	2010
David Woner	139 / 145	US Nationals 2011	|	Arnaud van Galen	1244 / 1308	2009
Feliks Zemdegs	135 / 143	World Championship 2011	|	Clément Gallet	1213 / 1249	2011
Daniel Sheppard	134 / 141	Danish Open 2011	|	Lars Vandenbergh	922 / 945	2009
Simon Westlund	133 / 137	Helsinki Open 2011	|	Joey Gouly	903 / 984	2010
Michał Pleskowicz	133 / 140	Polish Nationals 2011	|	Dan Cohen	889 / 960	2011
Jan Bentlage	128 / 133	Danish Open 2012	|	Jan Bentlage	883 / 925	2011