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Didn't know / think about those...
Are the "old" events recorded in the WCA database in some sort of way?

My guess is that if you run an analysis on the WCA database you will top the list because of your 5 BLD.
 
Are the "old" events recorded in the WCA database in some sort of way?

Old multiblind is the only obsolete event, I think. You can still see the results on the competition pages:
http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=USOpen2008&allResults=1#333mbo

Unofficial events done at official competitions are here:
http://speedcubing.com/results/

My guess is that if you run an analysis on the WCA database you will top the list because of your 5 BLD.

I doubt it. People doing several 4x4 blinds, 5x5 blinds, multiblinds and FMCs should certainly beat me.
 
Rowe Hessler... old multiblind... 19/33... 5 hours 17 minutes.
Geir Ugelstad... speedblind at WC2003... 5-6 hours, I think.
Actually, I wouldn't say the speed blind memo should count - it's time spent preparing for the solve, not time on the solve itself. My reasoning is that it's not timed. Similarly we shouldn't be adding 15 seconds for inspection to official solves when we add them up :)

Also, Ryosuke Mondo's 33/50 took 6:03:13... probably the longest official timed solve ever.
 
Is there anyone that did all events and has a top 100 ranking for all of them?
If not, how high do we have to raise the 100 (250 is enough?) for someone to show up?

Is Milán Baticz the only person with a top 100 ranking for all events he participated in? Or am I overlooking someone (maybe someone that only did multi-blind and got top 100, or only did square-1 and got top 100)
 
Is there anyone that did all events and has a top 100 ranking for all of them?
If not, how high do we have to raise the 100 (250 is enough?) for someone to show up?
This can be checked by hand - just look at everyone on the 5x5x5 BLD list. The number who have had successful solves in all events has grown a lot. The best is Bence Barát, whose worst event (if you count averages for events with averages) is 3x3x3 BLD, where he's ranked 117.

And yes, I'm the worst on that list, with a 3x3x3 average ranking of 3175.
 
Number of people competing in world championships but not officially solving a 3x3x3 any way there:

WC 2003: 4 (of 89)
WC 2005: 8 (of 149)
WC 2007: 6 (of 214)
WC 2009: 3 (of 327)

Code:
Two slightly different queries testing for multiblind (because there I can't be sure they didn't solve *any* 3x3x3, as for example for 2/7 I don't know about those two solved cubes):

select a.competitionId, a.ctr, b.ctr, a.ctr-b.ctr from
(SELECT competitionId, count(distinct personId) ctr FROM results where competitionId like 'WC20%' group by competitionId) a,
(SELECT competitionId, count(distinct personId) ctr FROM results where competitionId like 'WC20%' and eventId like '333%' and best>0 group by competitionId) b
where a.competitionId = b.competitionId;

select a.competitionId, a.ctr, b.ctr, a.ctr-b.ctr from
(SELECT competitionId, count(distinct personId) ctr FROM results where competitionId like 'WC20%' group by competitionId) a,
(SELECT competitionId, count(distinct personId) ctr FROM results where competitionId like 'WC20%' and eventId like '333%' and (best>0 or eventId like '333mb%') group by competitionId) b
where a.competitionId = b.competitionId;

Listing the culprits with their events:

select a.* from
(SELECT competitionId, personId, group_concat(eventId) FROM results where competitionId like 'WC20%' group by competitionId, personId) a
left join
(SELECT competitionId, personId, group_concat(eventId) FROM results where competitionId like 'WC20%' and eventId like '333%' and best>0 group by competitionId, personId) b
on a.competitionId=b.competitionId and a.personId=b.personId
where b.competitionId is null
 
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Slightly interesting fact: In magic, if you take the 4/5 fastest attempts ever done by the rest the world, it would only just beat the current average WR.

I haven't checked, but I'm not sure if something similar can be said for other events...
 
Hi Stefan, would you update this list and also add a date for when their "streak" started? thank you in advance :)

Top 100:
Code:
37  Dan Cohen                    5x5 Cube         2011-03-05  ongoing
28  Erik Akkersdijk              5x5 Cube         2009-09-26           11 currently
27  Piotr Michal Padlewski       Square-1         2011-04-16  ongoing
26  Erik Akkersdijk              Megaminx         2009-09-12           2 currently
26  Rama Temmink                 3x3 One-handed   2009-09-12           0 currently
25  Harris Chan                  3x3 Cube         2009-07-25           2 currently
24  Shotaro Makisumi             3x3 Cube         2005-08-13           0 currently
21  Feliks Zemdegs               3x3 Cube         2011-01-29  ongoing
21  Erik Akkersdijk              4x4 Cube         2009-09-26           2 currently
20  Yohei Oka                    Pyraminx         2011-04-10  ongoing
19  Oscar Roth Andersen          Pyraminx         2011-04-22  ongoing
19  Giovanni Contardi            4x4 Cube         2011-04-21  ongoing
19  Edouard Chambon              2x2 Cube         2009-01-31           4 currently
18  Kanneti Sae Han              3x3 Cube         2010-07-16           7 currently
16  Feliks Zemdegs               3x3 One-handed   2011-01-29  ongoing
16  Timothy Sun                  2x2 Cube         2009-04-06           0 currently
16  Frank Morris                 5x5 Cube         2007-08-25           0 currently
15  Bernett Orlando              3x3 Cube         2010-10-01           2 currently
15  Stefan Pochmann              Rubik's Clock    2007-06-16           0 currently
14  Chris Hardwick               4x4 Blindfolded  2009-07-26           2 currently
13  Rowe Hessler                 3x3 Cube         2011-01-15           0 currently
13  Alexander Yu                 3x3 Blindfolded  2010-11-06  ongoing
13  Bence Barát                  7x7 Cube         2010-09-18           2 currently
13  Takao Hashimoto              Square-1         2010-07-11           2 currently
13  Leyan Lo                     3x3 Blindfolded  2007-03-31           0 currently
12  Feliks Zemdegs               4x4 Cube         2011-01-29  ongoing
11  Anssi Vanhala                3x3 With feet    2011-04-02  ongoing
11  Bernett Orlando              4x4 Cube         2011-02-20  ongoing
11  Feliks Zemdegs               5x5 Cube         2011-01-29  ongoing
11  David Woner                  Rubik's Clock    2010-08-06  ongoing
10  Feliks Zemdegs               Pyraminx         2011-01-29  ongoing
10  Francisco Javier Lemes Sáez  3x3 Cube         2010-12-11           0 currently
10  Feliks Zemdegs               2x2 Cube         2010-09-04           6 currently
10  Anssi Vanhala                3x3 Cube         2010-02-27           2 currently
10  Haiyan Zhuang                3x3 Blindfolded  2009-11-08           3 currently
10  Tomasz Zolnowski             3x3 Cube         2009-07-04           0 currently
10  Michal Halczuk               5x5 Cube         2009-06-27           1 currently
10  Erik Akkersdijk              3x3 Cube         2009-02-28           1 currently
10  Sam Boyles                   Master Magic     2008-11-22           0 currently
 9  Laura Ohrndorf               Rubik's Clock    2011-04-09  ongoing
 9  Quentin Lefebvre             Master Magic     2010-12-04           3 currently
 9  Haixu Zhang                  4x4 Cube         2010-10-03  ongoing
 9  Yuxuan Wang                  Rubik's Magic    2010-08-14           0 currently
 9  Yumu Tabuchi                 3x3 Cube         2010-07-24           0 currently
 9  Kanneti Sae Han              3x3 One-handed   2010-07-09           3 currently
 9  Nico Kupfer                  3x3 One-handed   2010-04-09           0 currently
 9  Fubo Wang                    3x3 One-handed   2009-08-16           0 currently
 9  Timothy Sun                  4x4 Cube         2009-06-28           0 currently
 9  Pedro Santos Guimarães       3x3 Cube         2009-03-28           1 currently
 9  Breandan Vallance            3x3 Cube         2009-03-14           0 currently
 9  Dan Dzoan                    3x3 One-handed   2008-07-12           0 currently
 9  Gunnar Krig                  2x2 Cube         2006-06-10           0 currently
 8  Michal Pleskowicz            3x3 One-handed   2011-04-16  ongoing
 8  Anthony Searle               2x2 Cube         2011-04-02  ongoing
 8  Syuhei Omura                 5x5 Cube         2011-03-26  ongoing
 8  Matias Macaya                3x3 One-handed   2011-03-05  ongoing
 8  Dan Cohen                    4x4 Cube         2011-03-05  ongoing
 8  Felix Lee                    Pyraminx         2010-12-11  ongoing
 8  Zhouheng Sun                 2x2 Cube         2010-12-05           3 currently
 8  Bence Barát                  5x5 Cube         2010-09-18           4 currently
 8  Bence Barát                  6x6 Cube         2010-09-03           3 currently
 8  Yi-Sa Chen                   2x2 Cube         2010-08-28  ongoing
 8  Han-Cyun Chen                4x4 Cube         2010-06-05  ongoing
 8  Erik Akkersdijk              7x7 Cube         2010-02-27           2 currently
 8  Erik Akkersdijk              6x6 Cube         2010-02-13           2 currently
 8  Jianwei Zhu                  Square-1         2009-10-01  ongoing
 8  Dan Cohen                    Square-1         2009-08-14           2 currently
 8  Phil Thomas                  2x2 Cube         2009-07-25  ongoing
 8  Ernesto Fernández Regueira   Rubik's Clock    2008-05-02           1 currently
 8  Edouard Chambon              3x3 Cube         2008-03-15           0 currently
 8  Chris Dzoan                  3x3 One-handed   2007-06-16           0 currently
 8  Lars Vandenbergh             Square-1         2006-09-23           0 currently
 7  Owidiusz Pryk                Master Magic     2011-04-16  ongoing
 7  Matteo Colombo               3x3 Blindfolded  2011-03-05  ongoing
 7  Lorenzo Bonoan               5x5 Cube         2011-03-05  ongoing
 7  Gian Sebastian Lucero        Pyraminx         2011-03-05  ongoing
 7  Bernett Orlando              2x2 Cube         2011-02-20  ongoing
 7  Yuxuan Wang                  Pyraminx         2011-02-20  ongoing
 7  Zhouheng Sun                 3x3 Cube         2011-01-23  ongoing
 7  Rodrigo Septién Rodríguez    4x4 Cube         2010-12-17  ongoing
 7  Bálint Bodor                 Megaminx         2010-10-01  ongoing
 7  Bernett Orlando              3x3 Multiblind   2010-10-01  ongoing
 7  Simon Lim                    3x3 Cube         2010-09-18           0 currently
 7  István Kocza                 5x5 Blindfolded  2010-09-03           1 currently
 7  Piti Pichedpan               3x3 One-handed   2010-08-14           2 currently
 7  Dan Cohen                    6x6 Cube         2010-08-06           2 currently
 7  Andrew Kang                  3x3 Cube         2010-08-06  ongoing
 7  Mulun Yin                    3x3 Cube         2010-08-01           0 currently
 7  Gabriel Dechichi Barbar      2x2 Cube         2010-07-23           1 currently
 7  Jeremy Fleischman            3x3 One-handed   2010-05-29           3 currently
 7  Justin Jaffray               2x2 Cube         2010-05-15           0 currently
 7  Piotr Alexandrowicz          3x3 One-handed   2009-09-12           0 currently
 7  Phillip Espinoza             3x3 Cube         2009-06-27           0 currently
 7  Andy Tsao                    3x3 Cube         2008-11-15           3 currently
 7  Syuhei Omura                 2x2 Cube         2008-08-02           0 currently
 7  Stefan Pochmann              Megaminx         2006-10-14           0 currently
 6  Antoine Piau                 Square-1         2011-04-16  ongoing
 6  Michal Pleskowicz            2x2 Cube         2011-04-16  ongoing
 6  Mats Valk                    3x3 Cube         2011-04-09  ongoing
 6  Mats Valk                    2x2 Cube         2011-04-09  ongoing
 
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just wondered: what is the longest row of times like: 9.01 9.02 9.03 etc. of one person/one event/all events/one comp...

I don't think it can be more than .02 since the 2nd gen timers (Ones used in comp) Usually can't get times like .99, .98, .29, etc.

Although, you can get uncommon times like Felik's 6.24 but it's pretty rare.
 
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