Rubik's Cube World Records

Rubik's Cube World Records

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Too easy? Use this link to get the next challenge: Rubik's 4x4x4-cube or this one for buying a 5x5x5 cube. Not yet difficult enough? Try the 6x6x6 or the 7x7x7 V-Cube.

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Read more about speed cubing at the web page of Jessica Fridrich, the 1982 Czech Champion, at www.speedcubing.com, on the web site of the World Rubik's Cube Association.

A great link page about puzzles of all kind can be found at www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/.

This list contains only records achieved in official competitions. A large list of records without official authorization can be found at The Unofficial World Records Page. More information about contests and records (including other puzzles as well) are available at www.speedcubing.com and www.worldcubeassociation.org.

3x3x3 CUBE

The best time for restoring the cube in an official championship - The following table gives the world record history:

record holder	event	seconds	The book for speedcubers: "Speed Solving the Cube"- click here to order the book at amazon.com or (if you are from the UK) at amazon.co.uk
Ronald Brinkmann (Germany)	West German Championship 1982	19
Robert Pergl (Czechoslovakia)	Czechoslovakian Championship 1982	17.02
Dan Knights (USA)	World Championship 2003	16.71
Jess Bonde (Denmark)	World Championship 2003	16.53
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)	Caltech Winter competition 2004	15.07
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)	Caltech Winter competition 2004	14.76
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)	Caltech Spring competition 2004	13.93
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)	Caltech Spring competition 2004	13.89
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)	Caltech Spring competition 2004	12.11
Jean Pons (France)	Dutch Open 2005	11.75
Leyan Lo (USA)	Caltech Winter competition 2006	11.13
Toby Mao (USA)	US Championship 2006	10.48
Edouard Chambon (France)	Belgian Open 2007	10.36
Thibaut Jacquinot (France)	Spanish Open 2007	9.86
Erik Akkersdijk (Netherlands)	Dutch Open 2007	9.77
Ron van Bruchem (Netherlands)	Dutch Championships 2007	9.55
Edouard Chambon (France)	Murcia Open 2008	9.18
Yu Nakajima (Japan)	Kashiwa Open 2008	8.72
Erik Akkersdijk (Netherlands)	Czech Open 2008	7.08 VIDEO
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia)	Melbourne Cube Day 2010	7.03 VIDEO
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia)	Melbourne Cube Day 2010	6.77 VIDEO

• 5 attempts, average of all but fastest and slowest attempt: 7.91 sec by Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) at the Melbourne Cube Day 2010. The times for solving the cube were 11.78 sec, 7.40 sec, 7.63 sec, 8.69 sec and 7.09 sec.
  
• blindfold, fastest time (including memorising): 30.94 sec, Haiyan Zhuang (China) at the Xi'an Spring 2010 competition on 4 April 2010 (DETAILS)
• blindfold, fastest time (time does not include memorising): 23.06 seconds, Clément Gallet (France) at the European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 in Paris
• blindfold, most cubes: 24, Tim Habermaas (Germany) at the German Open 2008 in Gütersloh (DETAILS)
• one handed: 11.19 sec, Piotr Alexandrowicz (Poland) at the Polish Nationals 2010 in Poznań
• with feet only: 36.72 sec, Anssi Vanhala (Finland) at the Estonian Open 2009 on 7 November 2009 in Kose, Estonia
  
• 24 hours: 4786 cubes solved, Milán Baticz (Hungary) on 16/17 November 2008 DETAILS

The largest mosaic made from scrambled Rubik's Cubes contained 9,071 cubes. It was built by students of the Machidashiritsu Yamasaki School in Tokyo at the Tokyo Toy Show on 15 July 2010. The previous record was a replica of "The Last Supper", made of 4,050 cubes. It was created by Cube Works Studio in Toronto (Canada) in 2009. The photo shows the first record in this category, set in Galicia, Spain. Five people needed 5 hours to solve and assemble 1848 cubes. (see photo, with permission from David Calvo) MORE DETAILS AND FOTOS The individual record was a Christmas tree composed by Bernett Orlando (India) from 2025 cubes in Cologne (Germany) in December 2009 (see photo, more photos can be found HERE.) The fastest robot to solve a Rubik's Cube was Rubot II, developed by Peter Redmond (Ireland). It solved a scrambled Rubik's Cube within 64 seconds (including the time to scan the initial position) on 8 January 2009 at the Young Scientist show in the Royal Dublin Society. DETAILS VIDEO The largest Rubik's Cube was built by Daniel Urlings (Luxemburg). It could contain 64 normal sized Rubik's Cubes. The best known algorithm for solving the cube needs only 20 face turns, details can be found at cube20.org. MORE DETAILS The most expensive Rubik's Cube was the Masterpiece Cube, produced by Diamond Cutters International in 1995. The actual-size, fully functional cube features 22.5 karats of amethyst, 34 karats of rubies, and 34 karats of emeralds, all set in 18-karat gold. It has been valued at about US-$ 1.5 mio. The youngest person who solved a Rubik's Cube in a competition was Enxi Xie (China), who was 4 years 6 months 10 days old when he solved the cube in 1:28.06 minutes at the Guangdong Open 2007.

4x4x4 CUBE fastest time: 31.97 sec, Feliks Zemdegs (Australia), Melbourne Cube Day 2010 blindfold, fastest time (including memorising): 4:42.34 min, Ville Seppänen (Finland) at the Aachen Open 2010 5x5x5 CUBE fastest time: 1:02.93 min, Feliks Zemdegs (Australia), Australian Nationals 2010 in Melbourne blindfold, fastest time (including memorising): 10:25.00 min, Ville Seppänen (Finland), Finnish Open 2010 in Helsinki 6x6x6 CUBE fastest time: 2:13.90 min, Bence Barát (Hungary), V-CUBE Spiel 2010 in Essen, Germany 7x7x7 CUBE fastest time: 3:25.91 min, Michal Halczuk (Poland), Pabianice Open 2010