Best 5x5 Single Without a Sub-40 Average (Anytime)
Updated on 14 Oct 2025.
| # | Name | Single | Average | Competition | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🥇 🇮🇪 Ciarán Beahan | 33.20 | 40.72 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 2 | 🥈 🇨🇳 Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) | 35.32 | 42.60 | 🇨🇳 Nanchang Spring 2025 | Final | 26 Apr 2025 |
| 3 | 🥉 🇸🇪 Jack Larsson Backsell | 35.91 | 44.78 | 🇸🇪 Örebro Minxfest 2025 | First | 21 Sep 2025 |
| 4 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 36.14 | 40.53 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Megaland July 2025 | Second | 26 Jul 2025 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 Henry Lichner | 36.26 | 40.32 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Final | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸 Matty Hiroto Inaba | 36.37 | 41.85 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | First | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 36.37 | 41.81 | 🇫🇷 Palais'Open 2024 | Final | 21–22 Sep 2024 |
| 8 | 🇻🇳 Đỗ Quang Hưng | 36.41 | 43.33 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Max 2023 | Final | 15 Jul 2023 |
| 9 | 🇲🇾 Lim Hung (林弘) | 36.53 | 42.48 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 10 | 🇲🇾 Lim Hung (林弘) | 36.60 | 43.94 | 🇸🇬 OH My March Singapore 2025 | First | 30 Mar 2025 |
| 11 | 🇹🇼 Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) | 36.75 | 40.73 | 🇹🇼 Maru Cube Day 2023 | Final | 22–23 Jul 2023 |
| 12 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 36.76 | 41.34 | 🇩🇪 Rubik's German Nationals 2025 | First | 26–28 Sep 2025 |
| 13 | 🇰🇷 Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) | 36.82 | 41.76 | 🇰🇷 Please Big Cubes Korea 2022 | Final | 22 Oct 2022 |
| 14 | 🇿🇦 Daniel Rush | 36.94 | 45.06 | 🇿🇦 Menlo Cubing Open 2025 | Final | 27–28 Sep 2025 |
| 15 | 🇺🇸 Henry Lichner | 37.05 | 40.32 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 16 | 🇹🇼 Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) | 37.18 | 40.73 | 🇹🇼 NDHU Big Cube Day 2023 | Final | 20 May 2023 |
| 17 | 🇭🇰 Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) | 37.22 | 41.56 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan Championship 2024 | First | 6–8 Dec 2024 |
| 18 | 🇺🇸 Henry Lichner | 37.25 | 40.61 | 🇺🇸 Naperville Mini II 2025 | Final | 14 Jun 2025 |
| 19 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 37.28 | 43.72 | 🇺🇸 SacCubing IV 2018 | First | 27 May 2018 |
| 19 | 🇵🇱 Tymon Kolasiński | 37.28 | 40.95 | 🇵🇱 September Speedcubing Tour Kielce 2021 | First | 18–19 Sep 2021 |
| 21 | 🇺🇸 Henry Lichner | 37.37 | 41.60 | 🇺🇸 Naperville Mini II 2025 | Second | 14 Jun 2025 |
| 22 | 🇷🇺 Timofei Tarasenko | 37.38 | 41.02 | 🇲🇾 Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 | Final | 1–4 Nov 2024 |
| 23 | 🇨🇭 Richard Delacoste | 37.43 | 42.03 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Final | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 24 | 🇭🇰 Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) | 37.49 | 41.56 | 🇯🇵 Tokai Open PM 2024 | First | 15 Sep 2024 |
| 24 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 37.49 | 41.33 | 🇸🇬 OH My March Singapore 2025 | Final | 30 Mar 2025 |
| 26 | 🇮🇪 Ciarán Beahan | 37.52 | 40.72 | 🇮🇪 Cork Spring 2025 | First | 22–23 Feb 2025 |
| 27 | 🇺🇸 Matty Hiroto Inaba | 37.53 | 43.84 | 🇺🇸 New Jersey Championship 2024 | Second | 25–27 May 2024 |
| 28 | 🇮🇪 Ciarán Beahan | 37.56 | 40.72 | 🇫🇷 French Championship 2024 | First | 30 Mar – 1 Apr 2024 |
| 29 | 🇵🇭 Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc | 37.58 | 44.74 | 🇲🇾 Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 | Final | 1–4 Nov 2024 |
| 30 | 🇹🇼 Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) | 37.59 | 40.73 | 🇹🇼 NDHU Big Cube Day 2023 | Second | 20 May 2023 |
| 31 | 🇮🇪 Ciarán Beahan | 37.62 | 42.23 | 🇮🇪 Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024 | Final | 16–17 Mar 2024 |
| 32 | 🇨🇭 Richard Delacoste | 37.67 | 42.03 | 🇨🇭 Martigny Open 2025 | Final | 26–27 Apr 2025 |
| 33 | 🇭🇰 Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) | 37.77 | 42.62 | 🇹🇭 Paradise Park NxNxN 2024 | Second | 16–18 Feb 2024 |
| 34 | 🇭🇰 Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) | 37.78 | 43.81 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Big Cube Day 2023 | First | 30 Jul 2023 |
| 35 | 🇨🇭 Richard Delacoste | 37.80 | 43.97 | 🇨🇭 Swiss Nationals 2024 | First | 4–6 Oct 2024 |
| 35 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 37.80 | 42.67 | 🇫🇷 Nanterre Open 2025 | First | 17–18 May 2025 |
| 35 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 37.80 | 41.33 | 🇸🇬 Big and Blind March Singapore 2025 | Second | 2 Mar 2025 |
| 38 | 🇹🇼 Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) | 37.85 | 42.79 | 🇹🇼 Pingtung Summer Open 2022 | First | 13 Aug 2022 |
| 39 | 🇵🇱 Tymon Kolasiński | 37.89 | 42.12 | 🇵🇱 Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu I Bełżyce 2021 | First | 3–4 Jul 2021 |
| 40 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Ponce | 37.90 | 41.57 | 🇧🇪 Visé Open Sunday 2024 | Final | 22 Sep 2024 |
| 41 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 37.93 | 43.21 | 🇦🇺 Canberra Autumn 2018 | First | 21–22 Apr 2018 |
| 42 | 🇮🇪 Ciarán Beahan | 37.97 | 42.95 | 🇮🇪 Seaside Solving Saturday 2022 | First | 9 Apr 2022 |
| 43 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 38.03 | 42.13 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Championship 2025 | Final | 7–9 Feb 2025 |
| 44 | 🇺🇸 Jacob Nokes | 38.27 | 44.26 | 🇺🇸 Naperville Mini II 2025 | Final | 14 Jun 2025 |
| 45 | 🇳🇿 Alexander Vujcich | 38.32 | 44.63 | 🇳🇿 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 | Final | 16 Aug 2025 |
| 46 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Ponce | 38.34 | 45.13 | 🇺🇸 East Brunswick Open 2022 | Final | 30 Jul 2022 |
| 47 | 🇳🇴 Kim Roger Haraldsen | 38.42 | 45.27 | 🇳🇴 Bergen Fall 2024 | Final | 26–27 Oct 2024 |
| 48 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 38.52 | 46.24 | 🇫🇷 World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 | Second | 13–16 Jul 2017 |
| 49 | 🇨🇭 Richard Delacoste | 38.64 | 44.44 | 🇪🇸 Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | First | 25–28 Jul 2024 |
| 50 | 🇲🇾 Lim Hung (林弘) | 38.67 | 44.97 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam Championship 2024 | Final | 19–21 Jul 2024 |
| 51 | 🇨🇦 Bill Wang | 38.68 | 44.85 | 🇨🇦 Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 | Final | 21 Jun 2025 |
| 51 | 🇨🇳 Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) | 38.68 | 41.02 | 🇨🇳 Beijing Spring Open 2025 | Final | 20 Apr 2025 |
| 53 | 🇭🇰 Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) | 38.69 | 41.87 | 🇨🇦 Gros Jouets à Montréal 2025 | Second | 19–20 Apr 2025 |
| 54 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 38.70 | 46.20 | 🇺🇸 Thanks Four The Invite 2018 | First | 13 Jan 2018 |
| 55 | 🇨🇦 Arhaan Sareen | 38.73 | 45.53 | 🇨🇦 Western Ontario Winter 2025 | Final | 23 Mar 2025 |
| 56 | 🇮🇩 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 38.75 | 44.16 | 🇦🇺 Melbourne Summer 2025 | First | 24–26 Jan 2025 |
| 57 | 🇷🇺 Timofei Tarasenko | 38.77 | 42.96 | 🇪🇸 Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | Second | 25–28 Jul 2024 |
| 58 | 🇵🇭 Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc | 38.82 | 46.62 | 🇵🇭 Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024 | Final | 2 Mar 2024 |
| 58 | 🇺🇸 Henry Lichner | 38.82 | 42.93 | 🇺🇸 Naperville Mini II 2025 | First | 14 Jun 2025 |
| 60 | 🇩🇪 Mark Zimmermann | 38.89 | 44.90 | 🇩🇪 Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024 | Final | 14–15 Dec 2024 |
| 61 | 🇺🇸 Jerry Yao | 38.91 | 45.18 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 61 | 🇨🇦 Omar Ellabban | 38.91 | 43.71 | 🇺🇸 Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025 | Final | 27–28 Sep 2025 |
| 61 | 🇨🇳 Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) | 38.91 | 41.02 | 🇨🇳 Deqing Spring 2025 | Final | 19 Apr 2025 |
| 64 | 🇮🇪 Ciarán Beahan | 38.96 | 45.54 | 🇦🇺 WCA World Championship 2019 | Final | 11–14 Jul 2019 |
| 64 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 38.96 | 43.70 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Big Cube 2024 | Final | 22 Sep 2024 |
| 66 | 🇰🇷 DongSoo Park (박동수) | 38.99 | 43.80 | 🇲🇾 Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 | First | 1–4 Nov 2024 |
| 67 | 🇺🇸 Kate Grahame | 39.13 | 44.60 | 🇦🇺 Australian Nationals 2025 | Final | 2–5 Oct 2025 |
| 68 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 39.14 | 43.96 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Hougang Open 2024 | First | 20 Jul 2024 |
| 69 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 39.16 | 43.16 | 🇪🇸 Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | Final | 25–28 Jul 2024 |
| 70 | 🇮🇳 Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 39.19 | 53.83 | 🇮🇳 Bengal Cube Open 2024 | Second | 20–22 Dec 2024 |
| 71 | 🇹🇼 Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘) | 39.21 | 46.54 | 🇹🇼 Zhongshan Open 2025 | First | 3 May 2025 |
| 72 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 39.22 | 44.99 | 🇫🇷 Douvrin Open 2023 | First | 18–19 Mar 2023 |
| 73 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 39.33 | 45.09 | 🇫🇷 Bretzel Open 2023 | First | 25–26 Feb 2023 |
| 74 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 39.34 | 46.64 | 🇲🇾 Please Don't Pop Austin 2024 | First | 30 Mar 2024 |
| 75 | 🇨🇳 Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) | 39.35 | 42.51 | 🇲🇾 Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 | First | 1–4 Nov 2024 |
| 76 | 🇿🇦 Daniel Rush | 39.41 | 45.06 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 76 | 🇷🇺 Timofei Tarasenko | 39.41 | 43.66 | 🇪🇸 Warm Up Portugalete 2024 | Final | 19–21 Jul 2024 |
| 78 | 🇰🇷 Jaemin Chang (장재민) | 39.42 | 45.99 | 🇰🇷 Korean Championship 2024 | Final | 15–17 Aug 2024 |
| 78 | 🇰🇷 DongSoo Park (박동수) | 39.42 | 44.19 | 🇰🇷 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 | Final | 12–15 Aug 2023 |
| 80 | 🇰🇷 Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) | 39.43 | 41.76 | 🇰🇷 Please Big Cubes Korea 2022 | First | 22 Oct 2022 |
| 81 | 🇮🇩 Leon Marcell Alamanda | 39.48 | 45.17 | 🇮🇩 Jogjakarta Speedcubing Masters 2024 | Final | 16–17 Nov 2024 |
| 82 | 🇺🇸 Henry Lichner | 39.49 | 43.61 | 🇺🇸 Lincoln Library Cubing 2024 | Final | 13 Jul 2024 |
| 83 | 🇨🇦 Omar Ellabban | 39.51 | 44.87 | 🇨🇦 Airdrie NxNs 2024 | Final | 29 Sep 2024 |
| 84 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Ponce | 39.52 | 45.13 | 🇺🇸 New York Championship 2022 | Final | 2–4 Jul 2022 |
| 85 | 🇭🇰 Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) | 39.54 | 45.84 | 🇹🇼 NDHU Big Cube Day 2023 | Final | 20 May 2023 |
| 86 | 🇸🇬 Deng Zhengping | 39.55 | 47.90 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Jumbo June 2025 | Final | 8 Jun 2025 |
| 86 | 🇷🇴 János Bereczki | 39.55 | 44.26 | 🇷🇴 Big Cubes Bucharest 2023 | Final | 7 Jan 2023 |
| 88 | 🇸🇪 Jack Larsson Backsell | 39.57 | 48.13 | 🇸🇪 Norrland Tour: Umekuben 2025 | Final | 5 Apr 2025 |
| 89 | 🇮🇳 Siddhesh Pore | 39.60 | 47.08 | 🇮🇳 Mumbai Twistathon 2025 | First | 7 Sep 2025 |
| 90 | 🇨🇭 Richard Delacoste | 39.62 | 44.94 | 🇫🇷 French Championship 2024 | First | 30 Mar – 1 Apr 2024 |
| 91 | 🇺🇸 Luke Garrett | 39.67 | 44.55 | 🇺🇸 Warm Up Seattle 2025 | Final | 28–29 Jun 2025 |
| 91 | 🇨🇳 Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) | 39.67 | 42.51 | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 | First | 18 Aug 2024 |
| 93 | 🇳🇱 Twan Dullemond | 39.68 | 44.34 | 🇳🇱 Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 | Final | 5–7 Sep 2025 |
| 94 | 🇺🇸 Ben Zhao | 39.69 | 46.44 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 95 | 🇵🇱 Tymon Kolasiński | 39.82 | 42.35 | 🇵🇱 Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu III v2 2020 | Final | 22–23 Aug 2020 |
| 96 | 🇺🇸 Luke Garrett | 39.83 | 46.89 | 🇺🇸 Indiana Championship 2024 | Final | 22–24 Nov 2024 |
| 97 | 🇷🇺 Timofei Tarasenko | 39.85 | 46.01 | 🇰🇿 Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023 | Final | 3–5 Nov 2023 |
| 98 | 🇰🇷 Jaemin Chang (장재민) | 39.89 | 46.58 | 🇰🇷 Korean Championship 2023 | Final | 15–17 Dec 2023 |
| 99 | 🇷🇴 János Bereczki | 39.90 | 45.88 | 🇬🇧 Stevenage Autumn A 2022 | First | 24–25 Sep 2022 |
| 100 | 🇫🇮 Lauri Korhonen | 39.92 | 44.43 | 🇫🇮 Kaisaniemi Cubing 2025 | Final | 22–23 Mar 2025 |