How fast are the over 40's in competitions?

[Logiqx]

Chris Wright's thread got me wondering what range of times are being produced by the over 40's in competition.

I've created some reports using the WCA database and they can be found on GitHub.

 

[h2f]

Fewest moves?

 

[newtonbase]

I'm Mark Adams and was born in '72. I'd expect to drop my 3x3 average next time I compete. Hopefully to sub 40s but the 32s single was pretty decent for me. I'll smash the Pyraminx time if I actually practice it and hopefully will set sub 3 mins in 3BLD.

 

[Logiqx]

Fewest moves?

Now added to original post.

I'm Mark Adams and was born in '72. I'd expect to drop my 3x3 average next time I compete. Hopefully to sub 40s but the 32s single was pretty decent for me. I'll smash the Pyraminx time if I actually practice it and hopefully will set sub 3 mins in 3BLD.

Thanks Mark. Sounds like your 3BLD is coming along nicely!

 

[4EverCuber]

I'm born in '72. Not sure when I'll be competing again, but hopefully my times will be better than what they are now.

 

[Lid]

Also '72 here ... you can also add Mats Bergsten for a good blindsolver.

 

[newtonbase]

Now added to original post.



Thanks Mark. Sounds like your 3BLD is coming along nicely!

Ha ha. Well, the accuracy is there but the speed is not. Yet.

 

[Stefan]

SQL

I haven't really read it, but you don't seem to be using the birth years. So instead of "How fast are the over 40's in competitions?", I think you're getting "How fast were the now over 40's in competitions?". You might include records from before they were 40.

 

[molarmanful]

Wow, Ron van Bruchem dominates the list!

 

[MarcelP]

Guus is 50 years https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=1982RAZO01

 

[qqwref]

Some over-40 3x3x3 averages, using some old data I found (may not be accurate and is definitely missing people):

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Ron van Bruchem, 12.62
Gilles Roux, 13.03
Ernesto Fernandez Regueira, 16.15
Ton Dennenbroek, 16.61 (over 50)
Fumiki Koseki, 16.65
Masayuki Akimoto, 17.22
Agustin Diaz Moron, 17.79
Guus Razoux Schultz, 17.86
Benoit Goubin, 18.15
Michiel van der Blonk, 18.79
Junya Tomita, 18.90
Mike Hughey, 19.82 (over 50)
Shuichi Kuroiwa, 20.37
Lars Petrus, 20.48 (and 21.30 over 50)
David Barr, 21.44
Reiner Thomsen, 21.59
Maria Oey, 22.14 (over 50)
Cristiano Alba, 22.46
Hans van der Zijden, 22.50 (over 50)
Tommy Gustavsson, 23.12
Angelo Federico, 23.27
Hiroshi Ishino, 23.27 (over 50)
Hong Chen, 23.36
Nandor Fekete, 23.49
Javier Paris, 23.70
Adam Joks, 23.71
Arjan Bosse, 23.86
Jean-Louis Mathieu, 25.62 (and 28.42 @ over 50)
Bill Berry, 28.82 (over 50)
Petri Vanhala, 30.00 (over 50)
Bill McGaugh, 32.03 (over 50)
Ikuo Hyakuta, 34.51 (over 50)
John Louis, 35.77 (over 50)
Bruce Norskog, 39.08 (over 50)
Rune Wesstrom, 41.14 (over 80 )
Karoly Farkas, 43.38 (over 50) and 46.31 (over 60)
Hideaki Tomoyori, 54.88 (over 80 )

And Takao Hashimoto got a 15.67 Square-1 average at over 40

 

[EvilGnome6]

I was born in 73 and I have been cubing for a little more than a year. My WCA link is in my profile.

 

[Logiqx]

I haven't really read it, but you don't seem to be using the birth years. So instead of "How fast are the over 40's in competitions?", I think you're getting "How fast were the now over 40's in competitions?". You might include records from before they were 40.

I wondered if anyone would spot that last night. I've now introduced year of birth into the SQL.

Age on 1st January dictates the age for the duration of the year. e.g. Someone born in 1974 is considered to be 40 for the whole of 2015.

The original post now shows an "approximate" age using the 1st January logic.

Some over-40 3x3x3 averages, using some old data I found (may not be accurate and is definitely missing people):

And Takao Hashimoto got a 15.67 Square-1 average at over 40

Thanks. It's a shame the WCA database doesn't include the year of birth. Is your data from an old WCA extract containing DOB?

 

[moralsh]

I was also born on the 73. I'm exactly 22 years older than Antoine Cantin

 

[Logiqx]

I've added a few more names to the list - Lars Petrus and Gilles Roux being two of the additions.

 

[Selkie]

Some really interesting data, thanks for sharing

As you can see, I'm 45 but haven't competed in two years so really hoping to get quite a few comp PB's next month


... stupid connection, perhaps a moderator could remove the duplicate

 

[Please Dont Ask]

Ok... I'm not sure if this question is related to this thread
Who is the oldest cuber on this forum??

 

[Logiqx]

Some really interesting data, thanks for sharing

As you can see, I'm 45 but haven't competed in two years so really hoping to get quite a few comp PB's next month

No problem. Did you come across many older UK cubers when you were last competing?

It seems like a few have appeared in the last couple of years.

 

[Selkie]

Certainly Michael Erskine has been competing for a lot longer than me

 

[bubbagrub]

FYI: I'm 41.

The oldest competitor I've met at a competition was Leslie Collard, who, I believe, is over 70.