Best 2x2 Average Without a Sub-8 Single (Anytime)
Updated on 14 Dec 2025.
| # | Name | Single | Average | Competition | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🥇 🇩🇰 Viggo Rise | 8.00 | 8.17 | 🇩🇰 Sej Sejere Sejs 2025 | First | 27–28 Sep 2025 |
| 2 | 🥈 🇬🇷 Ioannis Mantonakis | 8.09 | 8.20 | 🇬🇷 Loutraki Open 2023 | First | 16–17 Sep 2023 |
| 3 | 🥉 🇨🇳 Fei Ye (叶飞) | 8.06 | 8.21 | 🇨🇳 Hefei Spring 2019 | First | 23–24 Mar 2019 |
| 3 | 🥉 🇦🇺 Matthew White | 8.01 | 8.21 | 🇦🇺 Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 | First | 18–19 Mar 2023 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺 Samuel Birney | 8.12 | 8.24 | 🇦🇺 Albany Summer Solving 2024 | First | 27 Jan 2024 |
| 5 | 🇦🇿 David Orucov | 8.04 | 8.24 | 🇦🇿 Baku Fall Open 2025 | First | 26 Oct 2025 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 Robbie Stevenson | 8.02 | 8.24 | 🇺🇸 River Hill Spring 2011 | First | 18 Jun 2011 |
| 8 | 🇩🇪 Philip Gonzalez | 8.02 | 8.25 | 🇧🇪 Belgian Open 2010 | First | 22–23 May 2010 |
| 9 | 🇹🇷 Emrullah Yavuz Gonen | 8.09 | 8.26 | 🇦🇴 Talatona Speedcubing Open 2025 | First | 19 Jul 2025 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳 Fenglin Xie (谢凤麟) | 8.02 | 8.26 | 🇨🇳 Kunshan Open 2019 | First | 20–21 Apr 2019 |
| 11 | 🇬🇧 Will Chadburn | 8.07 | 8.27 | 🇬🇧 Wakefield Open 2022 | First | 29–30 Jan 2022 |
| 11 | 🇹🇼 Zong-Han Zhan (詹宗翰) | 8.02 | 8.27 | 🇹🇼 Kaohsiung Open 2014 | First | 20–21 Dec 2014 |
| 13 | 🇺🇸 John Nowak | 8.15 | 8.29 | 🇺🇸 Jersey Shore Open 2012 | First | 28 Jul 2012 |
| 13 | 🇺🇸 Christian Carley | 8.01 | 8.29 | 🇺🇸 Black Hills Cube Rush 2024 | First | 16 Mar 2024 |
| 13 | 🇺🇸 Jack Benner | 8.00 | 8.29 | 🇺🇸 Kansas City Side Events 2025 | First | 3 May 2025 |
| 16 | 🇨🇳 Weifeng Ou (区伟峰) | 8.11 | 8.30 | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021 | First | 28 Feb 2021 |
| 17 | 🇲🇽 Gerardo Michel Reyes Castillo | 8.10 | 8.32 | 🇲🇽 Tunas Open 2018 | First | 24–25 Mar 2018 |
| 17 | 🇸🇪 Linus Thyberg | 8.08 | 8.32 | 🇸🇪 SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017 | First | 30 Sep – 1 Oct 2017 |
| 17 | 🇫🇷 Enzo Stévant Busson | 8.02 | 8.32 | 🇫🇷 Carquef'Open 2023 | First | 15–16 Apr 2023 |
| 20 | 🇪🇸 Sergio Porteros Pérez | 8.05 | 8.34 | 🇪🇸 NxN Tormes Open 2023 | First | 23–24 Sep 2023 |
| 21 | 🇦🇹 Maximilian Danner | 8.09 | 8.35 | 🇦🇹 Vienna Open 2022 | First | 22–23 Oct 2022 |
| 21 | 🇺🇸 Jordan Barnes | 8.05 | 8.35 | 🇺🇸 Cubetcha 2014 | First | 1 Nov 2014 |
| 21 | 🇮🇹 Stefano Zorzi | 8.00 | 8.35 | 🇮🇹 Veneto Open 2011 | First | 9 Jul 2011 |
| 24 | 🇬🇹 Kenneth Jaffeth Luna Cush | 8.03 | 8.36 | 🇬🇹 Xela Open 2015 | First | 25–27 Sep 2015 |
| 25 | 🇧🇬 Martin Popov | 8.18 | 8.37 | 🇧🇬 Pernik Open 2024 | First | 27 Apr 2024 |
| 26 | 🇮🇩 Muhammad Raihan | 8.15 | 8.40 | 🇮🇩 Bekasi Cube Days 2016 | First | 17–18 Dec 2016 |
| 26 | 🇺🇸 Frank Chang | 8.14 | 8.40 | 🇺🇸 Caltech Spring competition 2005 | Final | 16 Apr 2005 |
| 26 | 🇺🇦 Mykhailo Zotov (Михайло Зотов) | 8.10 | 8.40 | 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Open 2018 | First | 1–3 Jun 2018 |
| 26 | 🇺🇸 Chris Henry | 8.06 | 8.40 | 🇺🇸 GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 | First | 19 Oct 2025 |
| 30 | 🇺🇸 Owen Jensen | 8.13 | 8.41 | 🇺🇸 Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025 | First | 4 Oct 2025 |
| 30 | 🇺🇸 Christian Shank | 8.10 | 8.41 | 🇺🇸 Austin Cubing Limits 2015 | First | 3 Jan 2015 |
| 30 | 🇮🇹 Matteo Miceli | 8.01 | 8.41 | 🇮🇹 SPQR Open 2022 | First | 7–8 May 2022 |
| 33 | 🇦🇺 Charlie McClung | 8.23 | 8.42 | 🇦🇺 Butler Blitz 2022 | First | 26 Nov 2022 |
| 33 | 🇨🇭 Nilson Balsiger | 8.13 | 8.42 | 🇨🇭 Swiss Science Open 2023 | First | 11–12 Nov 2023 |
| 33 | 🇸🇪 Malkolm Sundén | 8.06 | 8.42 | 🇩🇰 Tårnby Cube Træf 2016 | First | 19–20 Nov 2016 |
| 33 | 🇵🇭 John Royce Surio | 8.05 | 8.42 | 🇵🇭 Cavite Speedcubing Open III 2022 | Final | 10 Dec 2022 |
| 33 | 🇺🇸 Steven Juni | 8.02 | 8.42 | 🇺🇸 River Hill Fall 2022 | First | 19 Nov 2022 |
| 38 | 🇷🇺 Pavel Zharikov (Павел Жариков) | 8.22 | 8.43 | 🇷🇺 Kostroma Winter Open 2018 | First | 22–23 Dec 2018 |
| 38 | 🇵🇭 Sied Anthony M. Mansojer | 8.16 | 8.43 | 🇺🇸 Indiana 2019 | First | 16–18 Aug 2019 |
| 38 | 🇲🇽 Xavi Gael Fernández Hernández | 8.10 | 8.43 | 🇲🇽 Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2024 | First | 20–21 Jul 2024 |
| 38 | 🇨🇳 Weilisi (伟力斯) | 8.00 | 8.43 | 🇨🇳 Inner Mongolia 2010 | Final | 24 Jul 2010 |
| 42 | 🇷🇺 Nikita Orlov | 8.15 | 8.44 | 🇷🇺 Udmurtia Open 2017 | First | 12–13 Aug 2017 |
| 42 | 🇮🇳 Mukund Rangarajan | 8.02 | 8.44 | 🇺🇸 Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020 | First | 12 Jan 2020 |
| 44 | 🇩🇴 Mario Jose Brito Caraballo | 8.21 | 8.45 | 🇩🇴 Back to 360 2014 | First | 11–12 Oct 2014 |
| 44 | 🇷🇺 Ramil Khasanov | 8.11 | 8.45 | 🇷🇺 Izhevsk Winter Cube 2020 | First | 8–9 Feb 2020 |
| 44 | 🇭🇰 Wong Chi Hang (王志恆) | 8.05 | 8.45 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 | First | 26 May 2023 |
| 44 | 🇵🇪 Wilder Jose Huaylinos Corzo | 8.04 | 8.45 | 🇵🇪 Speedsolving Huancayo 2017 | First | 5 Mar 2017 |
| 44 | 🇵🇱 Michał Furtak | 8.02 | 8.45 | 🇵🇱 European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 | First | 12–14 Oct 2012 |
| 49 | 🇨🇦 Nate Murray | 8.17 | 8.46 | 🇨🇦 Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 | First | 6 Sep 2025 |
| 49 | 🇺🇸 Pablo Raigoza | 8.10 | 8.46 | 🇺🇸 Berkeley Summer 2018 | First | 15–16 Sep 2018 |
| 49 | 🇹🇼 Matthew Abalos (安祖良) | 8.08 | 8.46 | 🇹🇼 Lanyang Open 2017 | First | 29–30 Jul 2017 |
| 49 | 🇲🇽 Gabriela Estefanía Díaz Rosario | 8.07 | 8.46 | 🇲🇽 Tunas Open SLP 2024 | First | 3–4 Aug 2024 |
| 49 | 🇧🇪 Matthew Lamy | 8.06 | 8.46 | 🇧🇪 Visé Sunday Open 2025 | First | 14 Sep 2025 |
| 54 | 🇵🇱 Natan Stefaniak | 8.20 | 8.47 | 🇵🇱 Cube4fun Cubers Eve Tarnowskie Góry 2023 | First | 16–17 Dec 2023 |
| 54 | 🇫🇷 Kilyan Lebreton | 8.17 | 8.47 | 🇫🇷 St-Méloir-des-Ondes Breizh Open 2024 | First | 23–24 Nov 2024 |
| 54 | 🇩🇪 Martin Kraut | 8.13 | 8.47 | 🇩🇪 German Nationals 2010 | First | 11–12 Sep 2010 |
| 54 | 🇺🇸 Jack McGinty | 8.12 | 8.47 | 🇺🇸 Santa Barbara Fall 2019 | First | 28 Sep 2019 |
| 54 | 🇬🇧 Oliver Wood | 8.11 | 8.47 | 🇬🇧 Birmingham Summer 2024 | First | 17–18 Aug 2024 |
| 54 | 🇲🇾 Lee Jia Yong (李伽榮) | 8.00 | 8.47 | 🇲🇾 Perak Rubik's Cube Open 2010 | Final | 31 Jul 2010 |
| 60 | 🇨🇦 Ben Hewis | 8.26 | 8.48 | 🇨🇦 Newmarket Favourites 2023 | First | 15 Apr 2023 |
| 60 | 🇷🇺 Arseniy Gusev | 8.11 | 8.48 | 🇷🇺 YJ Kazan 2019 | First | 22–23 Jun 2019 |
| 60 | 🇺🇸 Wesley Tran | 8.10 | 8.48 | 🇺🇸 North Star Cubing Challenge 2022 | First | 5–6 Feb 2022 |
| 60 | 🇷🇺 Ilya Kuchma (Илья Кучма) | 8.08 | 8.48 | 🇷🇺 Krasnoyarsk Winter Open 2018 | First | 3–4 Feb 2018 |
| 60 | 🇬🇧 Ben Ridley | 8.04 | 8.48 | 🇩🇰 Tårnby Cube Træf 2016 | First | 19–20 Nov 2016 |
| 60 | 🇬🇧 Mia Jacobi | 8.03 | 8.48 | 🇬🇧 Wiltshire Summer 2025 | First | 26–27 Jul 2025 |
| 66 | 🇺🇸 Jonathan Aldana | 8.25 | 8.49 | 🇺🇸 Caltech Winter 2017 | First | 25 Feb 2017 |
| 66 | 🇲🇾 Lee Yong Jiun | 8.15 | 8.49 | 🇲🇾 IUKL SOR 2023 | First | 30 Sep – 1 Oct 2023 |
| 66 | 🇻🇳 Hoàng Trung Hiếu | 8.09 | 8.49 | 🇻🇳 Ha Noi Open 2015 | Final | 1 Aug 2015 |
| 69 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Kem | 8.11 | 8.50 | 🇺🇸 Peach State 2019 | First | 25–26 May 2019 |
| 69 | 🇨🇭 Sami Dalipi | 8.05 | 8.50 | 🇨🇭 Swisscubing Cup II 2019 | First | 13–14 Apr 2019 |
| 69 | 🇬🇧 Yichen Li | 8.00 | 8.50 | 🇬🇧 Chippenham Autumn 2022 | First | 8–9 Oct 2022 |
| 72 | 🇮🇳 Raghav Ailawadi | 8.20 | 8.51 | 🇮🇳 Delhi Autumn Open 2015 | First | 17–18 Oct 2015 |
| 72 | 🇫🇷 Mohamed Sate | 8.16 | 8.51 | 🇫🇷 Champagne Summer Open 2014 | First | 13–14 Sep 2014 |
| 72 | 🇨🇦 Ayden Cappuccitti | 8.16 | 8.51 | 🇨🇦 Oakville Fall A 2022 | First | 26 Nov 2022 |
| 72 | 🇺🇸 Adam Chasse | 8.11 | 8.51 | 🇺🇸 Mystic Cubikon 2024 | First | 28 Jul 2024 |
| 72 | 🇬🇧 Saif Butt | 8.05 | 8.51 | 🇬🇧 Norwich Summer 2022 | First | 30–31 Jul 2022 |
| 72 | 🇨🇦 Derek Kong | 8.03 | 8.51 | 🇨🇦 Newmarket Open 2017 | First | 17 Jun 2017 |
| 78 | 🇦🇺 Jarryd Beck | 8.20 | 8.52 | 🇦🇺 North Sydney Cube Day 2023 | First | 5 Mar 2023 |
| 78 | 🇵🇹 Rodrigo Xavier de Aquino Tavares | 8.19 | 8.52 | 🇵🇹 Lisboa Open 2023 | First | 22 Apr 2023 |
| 78 | 🇨🇳 Binglin Song (宋炳霖) | 8.13 | 8.52 | 🇨🇳 Shenyang Open 2014 | Final | 14 Dec 2014 |
| 78 | 🇺🇸 Owen Wesley Brown | 8.13 | 8.52 | 🇺🇸 T-Town Showdown 2022 | First | 22 Oct 2022 |
| 78 | 🇵🇪 Camilo Leandro Huatuco Guzman | 8.09 | 8.52 | 🇵🇪 Cuber Spring Open Plaza Huancayo 2023 | First | 23–24 Sep 2023 |
| 78 | 🇲🇾 Enrique Lee E-Syuen | 8.07 | 8.52 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia Newcomer 2025 | First | 15–16 Mar 2025 |
| 78 | 🇬🇹 Angel Adalberto Rivas López | 8.03 | 8.52 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala Nationals 2017 | First | 25–26 Mar 2017 |
| 78 | 🇨🇳 Yao Gong (龚尧) | 8.03 | 8.52 | 🇨🇳 Changshu Open 2017 | First | 8 Jul 2017 |
| 78 | 🇲🇽 David Giovanni Guzmán Gamboa | 8.02 | 8.52 | 🇲🇽 Metropolitano 2017 | First | 12–13 Aug 2017 |
| 87 | 🇮🇱 Yuval Porat | 8.17 | 8.53 | 🇮🇱 Israel Championship 2017 | First | 30–31 Aug 2017 |
| 87 | 🇵🇱 Wiktor Żurowski | 8.09 | 8.53 | 🇵🇱 Ice Cubing Szczecinek 2023 | First | 18–19 Feb 2023 |
| 87 | 🇺🇸 Loghan Matthew Hartley | 8.06 | 8.53 | 🇺🇸 East Berlin Favorites PA 2024 | First | 29 Sep 2024 |
| 87 | 🇳🇱 Keith Verheij | 8.02 | 8.53 | 🇳🇱 Dutch Masters 2022 | First | 21–22 May 2022 |
| 87 | 🇮🇳 Venkat Karthik | 8.01 | 8.53 | 🇮🇳 Cubing ATMOSphere 2014 | First | 11–12 Oct 2014 |
| 87 | 🇵🇪 Jonay Erick Hinostroza Ccoa | 8.00 | 8.53 | 🇵🇪 Real Cube II Lima 2023 | First | 11–12 Nov 2023 |
| 93 | 🇱🇰 Manija Kalansooriya | 8.25 | 8.54 | 🇱🇰 Cubing Returns To Colombo 2022 | First | 24–25 Sep 2022 |
| 93 | 🇧🇪 Quentin Raemdonck | 8.02 | 8.54 | 🇧🇪 Belgium Summer Open 2017 | First | 20–21 May 2017 |
| 95 | 🇵🇪 Diego Sobenes Juro | 8.46 | 8.55 | 🇵🇪 Peru Nationals 2018 | First | 29 Jun – 1 Jul 2018 |
| 95 | 🇮🇳 Raaed Ahmed | 8.24 | 8.55 | 🇮🇳 Cubing ATMOSphere 2013 | First | 12–13 Oct 2013 |
| 95 | 🇷🇺 Mikhail Ivashechkin | 8.08 | 8.55 | 🇷🇺 IQber - PB time 2018 | First | 13–14 Jan 2018 |
| 95 | 🇳🇴 Knut Fredrik Korsæth Ulstrup | 8.01 | 8.55 | 🇳🇴 Norwegian Championship 2018 | First | 6–8 Apr 2018 |
| 99 | 🇺🇸 Frank Egan | 8.40 | 8.56 | 🇺🇸 MIT Spring 2011 | First | 5 Mar 2011 |
| 99 | 🇬🇹 César Andres Peña Pérez | 8.16 | 8.56 | 🇬🇹 Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019 | First | 7 Sep 2019 |
| 99 | 🇨🇦 Taimur Akbar | 8.15 | 8.56 | 🇨🇦 Pickering B 2023 | First | 19 Mar 2023 |
| 99 | 🇨🇦 Paddy Splinter | 8.15 | 8.56 | 🇨🇦 Pickering B 2023 | First | 19 Mar 2023 |
| 99 | 🇦🇺 Nicholas Weir | 8.01 | 8.56 | 🇦🇺 Sydney Summer 2023 | Second | 16–17 Dec 2023 |