The numbers
The 7×7, in numbers
Everything countable about the 7×7: the mathematics of the puzzle with its sources, and the live state of the sport, rebuilt nightly.
- A 7×7 has about 1.95 × 10¹⁶⁰ positions, a number with 161 digits: more than the count of atoms in the observable universe, squared. Jaap's Puzzle Page
- The world record single is 1:27.47 by Timofei Tarasenko, standing 23 days.
- The world record average is 1:35.93 by Timofei Tarasenko, standing 23 days.
- 290,259 completed solves are on the official record in 7×7, from 5,570 competitions in 122 countries.
- 14,450 people hold an official ranking. The median personal best among all of them is 4:57.74.
- 86 people have ever gone under 2:00.00 seconds.
- The world record has moved 41 times since records began in 2009.
- 122 countries hold a national record, and the spread is wide: the fastest is 1:27.47, the most beatable 6:59.76.
- Results begin in 2009; every figure on this page recomputes nightly from the official export.
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