World records in speedcubing are ratified by the World Cube Association (WCA). The WCA ratifies records in 17 events. All events except 3×3×3 multi-blind have two categories: single and average.
For most events, an average of five is taken, but for 6×6×6, 7×7×7, 3×3×3 blindfolded, 3×3×3 fewest moves, 4×4×4 blindfolded and 5×5×5 blindfolded, an average of three is taken. For averages of five solves, the best time and the worst time are dropped, and the mean of the remaining three solves is taken. For averages of three solves, the mean of all three is taken.
World Records
The following are the current official speedcubing world records approved by the WCA.
Note: For averages of 5 solves, the best time and the worst time are dropped, and the mean of the remaining 3 solves is taken. For events where only 3 solves are done, the mean of all 3 is taken.
| Event | Type | Result | Person | Competition (Date(s)) | Result details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Single | 3.13 |  Max Park |
Pride in Long Beach 2023 (11 June) | — |
| Average | 4.05 |  Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)
|
Zhengzhou Open 2024 (8 December) | (3.84) / (4.25) / 4.14 / 4.13 / 3.87 | |
| 2x2x2 Cube | Single | 0.43 |  Teodor Zajder |
Warsaw Cube Masters 2023 (5 November) | — |
| Average | 0.88 | Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) |
Hangzhou Open 2024 | (1.26) / (0.84) / 0.91 / 0.89 / 0.85 | |
| 4x4x4 Cube | Single | 15.71 | Max Park |
Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024 (8 June) | — |
| Average | 19.38 | Max Park |
Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 (19 March) | (17.60) / 18.49 / 19.37 / (23.80) / 20.28 | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | Single | 30.45 | Tymon Kolasinski |
Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 (1-4 November | — |
| Average | 34.76 | Max Park |
Rubik’s WCA North American Championship 2024 (18-21 July) | (39.71) / 35.10 / (33.55) / 35.44 / 33.75 | |
| 6x6x6 Cube | Single | 58.03 | Max Park |
CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 (2-4 August) | — |
| Average | 1:05.66 | Max Park |
CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 (2-4 August) | 1:09.34 / 1:09.61 / 58.03 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Single | 1:34.15 | Max Park |
Rubik’s WCA North American Championship 2024 (18-21 July) | — |
| Average | 1:39.68 | Max Park |
Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 (20 April) | 1:36.19 / 1:38.19 / 1:44.65 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Single | 12.00 | Tommy Cherry |
Triton Tricubealon 2024 (11 February) | — |
| Mean | 14.05 | Tommy Cherry |
Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 (25-28 July) | 13.48 / 14.42 / 14.24 | |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Single | 16 |  Sebastiano Tronto |
FMC 2019 (15–16 June) | — |
| Aedan Bryant
|
Ashfield Summer Challenge 2024 (23 June) | ||||
| Levi Gibson
| |||||
 Jacob Sherwen Brown
|
Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2024 (26 October) | ||||
| Mean | 20.00 |  Wong Chong Wen |
FMC Johor Bahru 2023 (17 September) | 20 / 21 / 19 | |
| FMC West Melbourne 2024 (14 April) | 23 / 18 / 19 | ||||
| Radomił Baran
|
FMC Europe 2024 (23 November) | 21 / 20 / 19 | |||
| Evan Brown
|
Please Be Solved Ohio State 2024 (29 December) | 19 / 20 / 21 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Single | 5.66 |  Dhruva Sai Meruva |
Swiss Nationals 2024 (4-6 October) | — |
| Average | 8.09 |  Sean Patrick Villanueva |
Quezon City Open II 2024 (25-26 May) | 8.94 / (9.38) / 7.71 / (6.60) / 7.63 | |
| Clock | Single | 1.97 | Brendyn Dunagan |
La La Land 2024 (31 August-1 September) | — |
| Average | 2.39 |  Volodymyr Kapustianskyi |
Grand Forks 2024 (14 September) | (2.96) / 2.46 / (2.24) / 2.29 / 2.43 | |
| Megaminx | Single | 23.18 |  Leandro Martín López |
Di Tella Inspira 2024 (13 April) | — |
| Average | 26.60 | Leandro Martín López |
Buenos Aires Fin de Año 2024 (31 December) | 26.38 / 27.02 / 26.41 / (26.10) / (29.09) | |
| Pyraminx | Single | 0.73 | Simon Kellum |
Middleton Meetup Thursday 2023 (21 December) | — |
| Average | 1.15 |  Sebastian Lee |
Maitland Spring 2024 (23 November) | 1.15 / (1.53) / 1.22 / (1.01) / 1.09 | |
| Skewb | Single | 0.75 | Carter Kucala |
Going Fast in Grandview 2024 (23 March) | — |
| Average | 1.52 | Carter Kucala |
CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 (7-9 June) | 1.65 / 1.45 / (2.57) / (1.37) / 1.45 | |
| Square-1 | Single | 3.41 | Ryan Pilat |
Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024 (2 March) | — |
| Average | 4.81 | Dylan Baumbach |
Cube More in Ardmore 2024 (21 September) | (4.19) / 4.40 / 5.13 / 4.89 / (DNF) | |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Single | 51.96 | Stanley Chapel |
4BLD in a Madison Hall 2023 (28-29 January) | — |
| Average | 1:06.46 | Stanley Chapel |
PBQ and a Little Eggstra Oxford 2024 (30-31 March) | 1:01.14 / 1:04.03 / 1:14.20 | |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Single | 2:04.41 | Stanley Chapel |
Virginia Championship 2023 (10-12 November) | — |
| Average | 2:27.63 | Stanley Chapel |
Michigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019 (14 December) | 2:32.48 / 2:28.80 / 2:21.62 | |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Single | 62/65 57:47 | Graham Siggins |
Blind Is Back LA 2022 (26 June) | — |
References
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