Rubik's Cube World Records

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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 wiki is available at www.speedsolving.com.

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, www.speedsolving.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 VIDEO
Jean Pons (France)	Dutch Open 2005	11.75 VIDEO
Leyan Lo (USA)	Caltech Winter competition 2006	11.13 VIDEO
Toby Mao (USA)	US Championship 2006	10.48 VIDEO
Edouard Chambon (France)	Belgian Open 2007	10.36
Thibaut Jacquinot (France)	Spanish Open 2007	9.86
Erik Akkersdijk (Netherlands)	Dutch Open 2007	9.77 VIDEO
Ron van Bruchem (Netherlands)	Dutch Championships 2007	9.55
Edouard Chambon (France)	Murcia Open 2008	9.18 VIDEO
Yu Nakajima (Japan)	Kashiwa Open 2008	8.72 VIDEO
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
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia)	Melbourne Summer Open 2011	6.65 VIDEO
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia)	Kubaroo Open 2011	6.24 VIDEO
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia)	Melbourne Winter Open 2011	6.18 VIDEO
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia)	Melbourne Winter Open 2011	5.66 VIDEO

5 attempts, average of all but fastest and slowest attempt: 7.64 sec by Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) at the Melbourne Winter Open 2011. The times for solving the cube were 7.03, 8.11, 8.36, 5.66 and 7.78 sec.
blindfold, fastest time (including memorising): 30.58 sec, Yuhui Xu (China) at the Suzhou Open 2011 (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: 10.68 sec, Piotr Tomczyk (Poland), 23 July 2011 at Swierklany Open 2011
with feet only: 31.56 sec, Anssi Vanhala (Finland) at the Helsinki Open 2011 VIDEO
24 hours: 4786 cubes solved, Milán Baticz (Hungary) on 16/17 November 2008

The largest mosaic made from scrambled Rubik's Cubes is a replica of the hand of god in Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam" from the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican made from 12,090 cubes by Cube Works Studio in Toronto (Canada). It measures 8.8 x 4.4 m [29 ft x 14.5 ft].
previous records:
9,071 cubes, students of the Machidashiritsu Yamasaki School in Tokyo at the Tokyo Toy Show on 15 July 2010
a replica of "The Last Supper", made of 4,050 cubes 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 is CubeStormer II, developed by Mike Dobson and David Gilday. It solved a Rubik's Cube in 5.27 seconds. DETAILS AND VIDEO
previous record holders:
Ruby, developed by Swinburne University students (Australia), 10.18 seconds
Rubot II, developed by Peter Redmond (Ireland), 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 most working layers has a 17x17x17 cube constructed by Oskar van Deventer(Netherlands). VIDEO

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: 30.02 sec, Mats Valk (Netherlands) at the Dutch Nationals 2011 VIDEO
blindfold, fastest time (including memorising): 3:26.11 min, Daniel Sheppard (UK) at the Guildford Summer Open 2011 VIDEO

5x5x5 CUBE

fastest time: 56.22 sec, Feliks Zemdegs (Australia), World Championships 2011 in Bangkok
blindfold, fastest time (including memorising): 9:48.58 min, Ville Seppänen (Finland), Kirkkonummi Open 2011

6x6x6 CUBE

fastest time: 1:54.81 min, Kevin Hays (USA), Vancouver Winter 2011

7x7x7 CUBE

fastest time: 3:13.19 Minuten, Michał Halczuk (Poland) bei den Polnischen Meisterschaften 2011 VIDEO

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