The numbers
The 5×5, in numbers
Everything countable about the 5×5: the mathematics of the puzzle with its sources, and the live state of the sport, rebuilt nightly.
- A 5×5 has about 2.8 × 10⁷⁴ positions. Jaap's Puzzle Page
- The world record single is 29.49 by Tymon Kolasiński, standing 128 days.
- The world record average is 33.73 by Tymon Kolasiński, standing 128 days.
- 1,378,779 completed solves are on the official record in 5×5, from 9,237 competitions in 141 countries.
- 40,792 people hold an official ranking. The median personal best among all of them is 2:01.27.
- 1 people have ever gone under 30.00 seconds.
- The world record has moved 49 times since records began in 2003.
- 141 countries hold a national record, and the spread is wide: the fastest is 29.49, the most beatable 2:39.76.
- Results begin in 2003; every figure on this page recomputes nightly from the official export.
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