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The Square-1, in numbers
Everything countable about the Square-1: the mathematics of the puzzle with its sources, and the live state of the sport, rebuilt nightly.
- The Square-1 changes shape as it turns: its pieces are kites and triangles that can leave the cubic form entirely mid-solve, which is why solved-state photographs undersell it.
- The world record single is 2.85 by Brian Johnson, standing 160 days.
- The world record average is 4.63 by Sameer Aggarwal, standing 630 days.
- 880,323 completed solves are on the official record in Square-1, from 7,555 competitions in 131 countries.
- 25,662 people hold an official ranking. The median personal best among all of them is 30.29.
- 1 people have ever gone under 3.00 seconds.
- The world record has moved 39 times since records began in 2003.
- 131 countries hold a national record, and the spread is wide: the fastest is 2.85, the most beatable 1:49.61.
- Results begin in 2003; every figure on this page recomputes nightly from the official export.
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