This record has stood 211 days. The last ten records in the event lived an average of 373 days each, which makes this one middle-aged. The record has been broken 35 times since 1982, when Minh Thai set the first mark of 22.95. The longest reign belongs to Minh Thai: 7,749 days.
Every holder
36 record solves- 20262.76 Teodor Zajder — the current record · GLS Big Cubes Gdańsk 2026
- 20253.05 Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) — held 300 days · Shenyang Spring 2025
- 20253.08 Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — held 57 days · XMUM Cube Open 2025
- 20233.13 Max Park — held 615 days · Pride in Long Beach 2023
- 20183.47 Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — held 1,660 days · Wuhu Open 2018
- 20184.22 Feliks Zemdegs — held 202 days · Cube for Cambodia 2018
- 20174.59 SeungBeom Cho (조승범) — held 190 days · ChicaGhosts 2017
- 20174.69 Patrick Ponce — held 56 days · Rally In The Valley 2017
- 20164.73 Feliks Zemdegs — held 265 days · POPS Open 2016
- 20164.74 Mats Valk — held 36 days · Jawa Timur Open 2016
- 20154.90 Lucas Etter — held 350 days · River Hill Fall 2015
- 20155.25 Collin Burns — held 210 days · Doylestown Spring 2015
- 20135.55 Mats Valk — held 784 days · Zonhoven Open 2013
- 20115.66 Feliks Zemdegs — held 616 days · Melbourne Winter Open 2011
- 20116.18 Feliks Zemdegs — beaten again within the day · Melbourne Winter Open 2011
- 20116.24 Feliks Zemdegs — held 49 days · Kubaroo Open 2011
- 20116.65 Feliks Zemdegs — held 98 days · Melbourne Summer Open 2011
- 20106.77 Feliks Zemdegs — held 77 days · Melbourne Cube Day 2010
- 20107.03 Feliks Zemdegs — beaten again within the day · Melbourne Cube Day 2010
- 20087.08 Erik Akkersdijk — held 854 days · Czech Open 2008
- 20088.72 Yu Nakajima (中島悠) — held 68 days · Kashiwa Open 2008
- 20089.18 Edouard Chambon — held 72 days · Murcia Open 2008
- 20079.55 Ron van Bruchem — held 91 days · Dutch Championship 2007
- 20079.77 Erik Akkersdijk — held 42 days · Dutch Open 2007
- 20079.86 Thibaut Jacquinot — held 161 days · Spanish Open 2007
- 200710.36 Edouard Chambon — held 70 days · Belgian Open 2007
- 200610.48 Toby Mao (毛台立) — held 204 days · US Nationals 2006
- 200611.13 Leyan Lo — held 202 days · Caltech Winter competition 2006
- 200511.75 Jean Pons — held 90 days · Dutch Open 2005
- 200412.11 Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎) — held 561 days · Caltech Spring competition 2004
- 200413.93 Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎) — beaten again within the day · Caltech Spring competition 2004
- 200414.76 Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎) — held 70 days · Caltech Winter competition 2004
- 200415.07 Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎) — beaten again within the day · Caltech Winter competition 2004
- 200316.53 Jess Bonde — held 154 days · World Rubik's Games Championship 2003
- 200316.71 Dan Knights — beaten again within the day · World Rubik's Games Championship 2003
- 198222.95 Minh Thai — held 7,749 days · World Rubik's Cube Championship 1982
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a record's reign is the days it stood before being beaten · record tags: WR world · NR national · continental: ER Europe, NAR North America, SAR South America, AsR Asia, AfR Africa, OcR Oceania.