List of world records in speedcubing

World records in speedcubing are ratified by the World Cube Association (WCA).^[1] The WCA ratifies records in 17 events. All events except 3x3x3 multi-blind have two categories: single and average.^[2]

World record progression of the 3x3x3 single and average

For most events, an average of five is taken, but for 6x6x6, 7x7x7, 3x3x3 blindfolded, 3x3x3 fewest moves, 4x4x4 blindfolded and 5x5x5 blindfolded, an average of three is taken. For averages of five solves, the best time and the worst time are dropped (Shown in parentheses), and the mean of the remaining three solves is taken. For averages of three solves, the mean of all three is taken.^[3]

World Records

The following are the official speedcubing world records approved by the WCA as of September 2025.^[2]

Event	Type	Result	Person	Competition (Date(s))	Round Results
3x3x3 Cube	Single	3.05	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	Shenyang Spring 2025 (13 April)	4.24 / (4.69) / (3.05) / 4.57 / 4.46
	Average	3.90	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	Taizhou Open 2025 (26 July)	3.83 / 4.25 / 3.62 / (3.35) / (4.97)
2x2x2 Cube	Single	0.43	Teodor Zajder	Warsaw Cube Masters 2023 (4-5 November)	1.12 / (0.43) / (4.94) / 0.63 / 1.54
	Average	0.88	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	Hangzhou Open 2024 (15 December)	(1.26) / (0.84) / 0.91 / 0.89 / 0.85
4x4x4 Cube	Single	15.71	Max Park	Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024 (8 June)	(15.71) / 17.93 / 21.01 / (22.32) / 20.38
	Average	18.88	Tymon Kolasiński	Cube Factory League Brzeziny 2025 (20-21 September)	17.97 / 20.21 / (17.20) / 18.46 / (20.88)
5x5x5 Cube	Single	30.45		Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 (1-4 November)	35.94 / (42.62) / 36.67 / 40.82 / (30.45)
	Average	34.31		Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 (3-6 July)	36.46 / (36.67) / (31.67) / 33.11 / 33.36
6x6x6 Cube	Single	57.69	Max Park	Burbank Big Cubes 2025 (26 April)	57.69 / 1:11.14 / 1:09.39
	Mean	1:05.66		CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 (2-4 August)	1:09.34 / 1:09.61 / 58.03
7x7x7 Cube	Single	1:34.15		Rubik’s WCA North American Championship 2024 (18-21 July)	1:54.76 / 1:34.15 / 1:53.39
	Mean	1:39.68		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)	DNF / 12.00 / 17.54
	Mean	14.05		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)	16 / 26 / 24
			Aedan Bryant	Ashfield Summer Challenge 2024 (23 June)	26 / 16 / 26
			Levi Gibson		26 / 16 / 24
			Jacob Sherwen Brown	Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2024 (26 October)	33 / 31 / 16
	Mean	19.67	Radomił Baran	5BLD Masters Opole 2025 (1-2 March)	22 / 20 / 17
3x3x3 One-Handed	Single	5.66	Dhruva Sai Meruva	Swiss Nationals 2024 (4-6 October)	(12.25) / 9.77 / 10.02 / (5.66) / 8.93
	Average	7.72	Luke Garrett	Chicagoland Newcomers 2025 (9 March)	8.57 / 7.13 / (6.82) / 7.45 / (12.80)
Clock	Single	1.53	Lachlan Gibson	Hasty Hastings 2025 (27 September)	3.52 / 2.33 / (7.02) / (1.53) / 3.08
	Average	2.26		2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 (16 August)	2.27 / (1.82) / (3.01) / 2.26 / 2.24
Megaminx	Single	22.05	Timofei Tarasenko	Uzbekistan Nationals 2025 (15-17 August)	24.26 / (28.65) / 28.55 / 24.38 / (22.05)
	Average	25.36		Central Asian Tour Astana 2025 (8-9 February)	24.61 / (23.39) / (30.66) / 24.49 / 26.98
Pyraminx	Single	0.73	Simon Kellum	Middleton Meetup Thursday 2023 (21 December)	4.94 / 2.36/ 1.76 / (0.73) / (DNF)
	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)	2.49 / 1.77 / 3.32 / (4.65) / (0.75)
	Average	1.37	Ignacy Samselski	Cube Factory League Justynów 2025 (14-15 June)	1.22 / 1.43 / (1.16) / 1.46 / (2.93)
Square-1	Single	3.41	Ryan Pilat	Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024 (2 March)	(3.41) / 8.06 / 8.19 / 5.60 / (DNF)
	Average	4.63	Sameer Aggarwal	Cubing in Southern Oregon 2025 (1 February)	(8.08) / 6.20 / (3.42) / 3.81 / 3.88
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Single	51.96	Stanley Chapel	4BLD in a Madison Hall 2023 (28-29 January)	1:17.62 / DNF / 51.96
	Mean	59.39		New York Multimate PBQ II 2025 (13-15 June)	57.83 / 1:04.79 / 55.54
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Single	2:02.28		CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 (1-3 August)	DNF / DNF / 2:02.28
	Mean	2:27.63		Michigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019 (14 December)	2:32.48 / 2:28.80 / 2:21.62
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Single	63/66 59:50	Rowe Hessler	New York Multimate PBQ 2025 (4-6 April)	60/66 1:00:00 / 63/66 59:50 / 61/67 59:56