The numbers
The Megaminx, in numbers
Everything countable about the Megaminx: the mathematics of the puzzle with its sources, and the live state of the sport, rebuilt nightly.
- A Megaminx has about 1.01 × 10⁶⁸ positions across its twelve pentagonal faces: the dodecahedron of the Platonic set. Wikipedia: Megaminx
- The world record single is 21.04 by Ziyu Wu (吴子钰), standing 99 days.
- The world record average is 23.40 by Timofei Tarasenko, standing 15 days.
- 986,169 completed solves are on the official record in Megaminx, from 8,100 competitions in 138 countries.
- 34,786 people hold an official ranking. The median personal best among all of them is 2:07.80.
- 75 people have ever gone under 30.00 seconds.
- The world record has moved 40 times since records began in 2003.
- 138 countries hold a national record, and the spread is wide: the fastest is 21.04, the most beatable 3:58.84.
- Results begin in 2003; every figure on this page recomputes nightly from the official export.
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