World Record For Doing A Rubik's Cube While Blindfolded

How To Solve A Rubik's Cube Blindfolded?

Angela Hayden has an interesting web page about the theory behind blindfold cubing.

The Rules

(If you want to break a record that is published in a record book or governed by an international authorithy, there may be other or additional rules. See here for more information.)
  1. Regular Rubik's Cubes should be "mixed up" by the referee and / or the audience. At least two persons should make some moves on each cube. The contestor is not allowed to see their moves.
  2. The contestor has as many time as he / she wishes to study the cubes. When he / she is ready, he / she will be blindfolded by the referee.
  3. From now, no look on the cubes is permitted. The contestants must bring each cube in the original position. He / she can solve the cubes in any order. The audience should not give any information about whether a cube is in the correct position or not.
  4. For a record, all cubes must be fixed, i.e. it would not count to study six cubes, to solve five of them (even if it is done in a row) and to claim a new record for five cubes.

The Records: Most Cubes

one     John White (Great Britain)  1981    
two     Geir Ugelstad (Norway)      18 July 1998
three   Geir Ugelstad (Norway)      14 Dec 1998
        Ralf Laue (Germany)         3 Feb 2001
four    Stefan Pochmann (Germany)   1 Oct 2005
five    Stefan Pochmann (Germany)   Sept 2006
        Constantin Ceausu (Romania) Oct 2006
        Clément Gallet (France)     26 May 2007
six     Rafal Guzewicz (Poland)     Oct 2007
        Olivér Perge (Hungary)      15 Dec 2007
ten     Dennis Strehlau (Germany)   Feb 2008

VIDEO (Real Player, 400 kB)
showing a few seconds from an attempt by Ralf Laue.

Ralf Laue (JPG, 9 kB)
Ralf Laue, solved 3 cubes blindfolded

The Records: Fastest Time

5:42 min (*) Ralf Laue (Germany)      11 March 2001
3:56 min     Dror Vomberg (Israel)    23 Aug 2003
3:36.85 min  Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) 10 July 2004
3:10.54 min  Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) 2004
2:57.97 min  Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) 15 January 2005
2:41.54 min  Leyan Lo (USA)           16 April 2005
2:18.58 min  Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) 13 August 2005
1:58.32 min  Tyson Mao (USA)          17 Sept 2005
1:46.47 min  Leyan Lo (USA)           Nov 2005
1:28.82 min  Leyan Lo (USA)           11 March 2006
1:15.60 min  Chris Krueger (USA)      19 May 2007
1:10:23 min  Danyang Chen (China)     15 December 2007
1:00.62 min  Alexander Yu (USA)       22 March 2008

(*) time for memorising the cube not included.

Dror Vomberg and Ralf Laue
The first record holders: Dror Vomberg / Ralf Laue

More Rubik's Cube Records