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Records, as they fall
32 world, 147 continental and 1,893 national records have fallen so far this year. The newest on the books: the 3×3 single of 2.51 by Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一), 19 days old.
A record is the fastest anyone has ever gone, and it is a smaller claim than it sounds: world records fall every few weeks, national records fall most weekends. What follows is split six ways, because those are six different questions.
Newest first
Latest records
Every world, continental and national record as it falls, with who set it and where.
17 events
World records
The fastest single ever recorded in each event, and how long each one has held.
16 events
Average boards
The same again for averages, which is the measure most events are actually won on.
2,688 days
Surviving records
The ones that refuse to die. The oldest has stood since 15 June 2019.
4 events
Frozen records
Records that can only age and never fall, because the event they belong to was retired.
Sub-60 to sub-5
The clubs
How many people have an official single under ten seconds, who was first, and the day every member crossed the line.
Latest records
newest first · the full run →| Date | Record | Event | Time | Who | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct | NR | 3×3 blindfolded single | 25.39 | Bilal El Rawas | Ottawa Side Events B 2026 |
| 17 Oct | NAR | 5×5 single | 30.63 | Max Park | Speedcube Baja Open 2026 |
| 17 Oct | NR | Skewb average | 2.06 | Alessandro van Burken | Back in Ermelo 2026 |
| 17 Oct | NR | Skewb average | 2.04 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | Bendigo Blitz 2026 |
| 17 Oct | NR | 2×2 average | 1.69 | Srećko Srečković, one of three that day | Bibinje Open 2026 |
| 17 Oct | NR | Clock average | 3.75 | Gregor Mikic | Bibinje Open 2026 |
| 17 Oct | NR | Skewb average | 3.64 | Victor Salas | Carmona Open 2026 |
| 17 Oct | NR | 3×3 Multi-Blind single | 35 of 36 cubes · 57:13 | Andrés Rodríguez Galán | Cehegín Callao 2026 |
Reading this page: record tags: WR world · NR national · continental: ER Europe, NAR North America, SAR South America, AsR Asia, AfR Africa, OcR Oceania · a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded.