Best 5x5 Single Without a Sub-45 Average (Anytime)
Generated on 31 Jan 2026 based on the database export of 30 Jan 2026.
| # | Name | Single | Average | Competition | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🥇 🇿🇦 Daniel Rush | 36.94 | 45.06 | 🇿🇦 Menlo Cubing Open 2025 | Final | 27–28 Sep 2025 |
| 2 | 🥈 🇨🇳 Zijian Cai (蔡子健) | 37.48 | 45.27 | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 | Final | 21 Dec 2025 |
| 3 | 🥉 🇺🇸 Patrick Ponce | 38.34 | 45.13 | 🇺🇸 East Brunswick Open 2022 | Final | 30 Jul 2022 |
| 4 | 🇳🇴 Kim Roger Haraldsen | 38.42 | 45.27 | 🇳🇴 Bergen Fall 2024 | Final | 26–27 Oct 2024 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 38.52 | 46.24 | 🇫🇷 World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 | Second | 13–16 Jul 2017 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 38.70 | 46.20 | 🇺🇸 Thanks Four The Invite 2018 | First | 13 Jan 2018 |
| 7 | 🇨🇦 Arhaan Sareen | 38.73 | 45.53 | 🇨🇦 Western Ontario Winter 2025 | Final | 23 Mar 2025 |
| 8 | 🇵🇭 Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc | 38.82 | 46.62 | 🇵🇭 Cubing Battle of Katipunan 2024 | Final | 2 Mar 2024 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸 Jerry Yao | 38.91 | 45.18 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 10 | 🇮🇪 Ciarán Beahan | 38.96 | 45.54 | 🇦🇺 WCA World Championship 2019 | Final | 11–14 Jul 2019 |
| 11 | 🇮🇳 Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 39.19 | 53.83 | 🇮🇳 Bengal Cube Open 2024 | Second | 20–22 Dec 2024 |
| 12 | 🇹🇼 Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘) | 39.21 | 46.54 | 🇹🇼 Zhongshan Open 2025 | First | 3 May 2025 |
| 13 | 🇮🇳 Mihir Narayan | 39.26 | 45.73 | 🇺🇸 UIUC Fall 2025 | First | 15 Nov 2025 |
| 14 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 39.33 | 45.09 | 🇫🇷 Bretzel Open 2023 | First | 25–26 Feb 2023 |
| 15 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 39.34 | 46.64 | 🇲🇾 Please Don't Pop Austin 2024 | First | 30 Mar 2024 |
| 16 | 🇿🇦 Daniel Rush | 39.41 | 45.06 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 17 | 🇰🇷 Jaemin Chang (장재민) | 39.42 | 45.99 | 🇰🇷 Korean Championship 2024 | Final | 15–17 Aug 2024 |
| 18 | 🇮🇩 Leon Marcell Alamanda | 39.48 | 45.17 | 🇮🇩 Jogjakarta Speedcubing Masters 2024 | Final | 16–17 Nov 2024 |
| 19 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Ponce | 39.52 | 45.13 | 🇺🇸 New York Championship 2022 | Final | 2–4 Jul 2022 |
| 20 | 🇭🇰 Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) | 39.54 | 45.84 | 🇹🇼 NDHU Big Cube Day 2023 | Final | 20 May 2023 |
| 21 | 🇸🇬 Deng Zhengping | 39.55 | 47.90 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Jumbo June 2025 | Final | 8 Jun 2025 |
| 22 | 🇸🇪 Jack Larsson Backsell | 39.57 | 48.13 | 🇸🇪 Norrland Tour: Umekuben 2025 | Final | 5 Apr 2025 |
| 23 | 🇮🇳 Siddhesh Pore | 39.60 | 47.08 | 🇮🇳 Mumbai Twistathon 2025 | First | 7 Sep 2025 |
| 24 | 🇺🇸 Ben Zhao | 39.69 | 46.44 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | Second | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 25 | 🇺🇸 Luke Garrett | 39.83 | 46.89 | 🇺🇸 Indiana Championship 2024 | Final | 22–24 Nov 2024 |
| 26 | 🇷🇺 Timofei Tarasenko | 39.85 | 46.01 | 🇰🇿 Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023 | Final | 3–5 Nov 2023 |
| 27 | 🇰🇷 Jaemin Chang (장재민) | 39.89 | 46.58 | 🇰🇷 Korean Championship 2023 | Final | 15–17 Dec 2023 |
| 28 | 🇷🇴 János Bereczki | 39.90 | 45.88 | 🇬🇧 Stevenage Autumn A 2022 | First | 24–25 Sep 2022 |
| 29 | 🇺🇸 Henry Lichner | 39.93 | 46.45 | 🇺🇸 Indiana Finally Returns 2023 | First | 25 Feb 2023 |
| 30 | 🇲🇽 Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza | 39.98 | 48.09 | 🇲🇽 Cubo Azul Guadalajara 2025 | Final | 21–22 Jun 2025 |
| 31 | 🇹🇭 Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) | 39.99 | 46.62 | 🇹🇭 Paradise Park Bangkok NxNxN 2025 | Second | 22–23 Feb 2025 |
| 32 | 🇨🇭 Alwin Rölz | 40.07 | 46.22 | 🇫🇮 Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025 | First | 13–14 Sep 2025 |
| 33 | 🇰🇷 DongSoo Park (박동수) | 40.17 | 46.66 | 🇸🇬 NTU Big Cube Open 2022 | Final | 30 Jul 2022 |
| 34 | 🇨🇳 Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) | 40.18 | 45.85 | 🇰🇷 Korean Championship 2024 | Final | 15–17 Aug 2024 |
| 34 | 🇹🇼 Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) | 40.18 | 45.04 | 🇹🇼 Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 | First | 3–4 Aug 2024 |
| 36 | 🇨🇳 Zijian Cai (蔡子健) | 40.20 | 47.56 | 🇨🇳 Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 | Final | 4–5 Apr 2025 |
| 36 | 🇺🇸 Matty Hiroto Inaba | 40.20 | 45.36 | 🇺🇸 Kailua-Kona Cubing 2023 | First | 29 May 2023 |
| 38 | 🇲🇽 Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez | 40.26 | 46.42 | 🇲🇽 Tutuli 2024 | Final | 25–26 May 2024 |
| 39 | 🇺🇸 Jack Pfeifer | 40.30 | 45.32 | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 | Final | 1–3 Aug 2025 |
| 40 | 🇨🇳 Anyu Zhang (张安宇) | 40.31 | 46.23 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Big Cube 2024 | Second | 22 Sep 2024 |
| 41 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 40.34 | 45.09 | 🇩🇪 German Nationals 2022 | First | 19–21 Aug 2022 |
| 42 | 🇹🇭 Natthaphat Mahtani (ณัฐภัทร จี มาทานี) | 40.37 | 45.60 | 🇹🇭 Bravo BKK Cube Master 2026 | Final | 10–11 Jan 2026 |
| 43 | 🇺🇸 Kate Grahame | 40.38 | 46.36 | 🇳🇿 Beachside Auckland 2025 | Final | 20 Sep 2025 |
| 44 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Ponce | 40.43 | 49.25 | 🇦🇺 WCA World Championship 2019 | Second | 11–14 Jul 2019 |
| 44 | 🇺🇸 Vishwa Sankar | 40.43 | 46.86 | 🇺🇸 Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 | Final | 9 Aug 2025 |
| 46 | 🇫🇮 Lauri Korhonen | 40.44 | 45.50 | 🇫🇮 Lahen Cubefest 2024 | First | 20–21 Apr 2024 |
| 47 | 🇩🇰 Martin Vædele Egdal | 40.50 | 47.30 | 🇩🇰 Hvidovre Liga II 2025 | Final | 28 Sep 2025 |
| 48 | 🇺🇸 Matty Hiroto Inaba | 40.52 | 48.25 | 🇨🇦 Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 | First | 7–10 Jul 2022 |
| 49 | 🇵🇪 Pedro Alejandro Condo Tellez | 40.53 | 47.58 | 🇵🇪 Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023 | Final | 16–17 Sep 2023 |
| 50 | 🇺🇸 Christopher Sun | 40.54 | 48.69 | 🇺🇸 Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 | Final | 3 Jun 2023 |
| 51 | 🇺🇸 Jack Pfeifer | 40.55 | 46.98 | 🇺🇸 Ohio State Duos IV 2024 | Final | 6 Dec 2024 |
| 51 | 🇩🇪 Mark Zimmermann | 40.55 | 46.69 | 🇩🇪 South Germany 2023 | Final | 21–22 Oct 2023 |
| 53 | 🇮🇹 Paolo Marino | 40.56 | 48.30 | 🇮🇹 Valsugana Speedcubing 2025 | Final | 11–12 Oct 2025 |
| 54 | 🇺🇸 Ray Bai | 40.61 | 47.06 | 🇺🇸 Oklahoma Championship 2024 | Final | 29–30 Jun 2024 |
| 55 | 🇵🇱 Tymon Kolasiński | 40.63 | 45.16 | 🇵🇱 Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu III v2 2020 | First | 22–23 Aug 2020 |
| 56 | 🇮🇳 Aditya Bareja | 40.64 | 46.57 | 🇮🇳 Surge SNU Cube Open 2025 | First | 25–26 Oct 2025 |
| 57 | 🇺🇸 Jerry Yao | 40.68 | 45.18 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | First | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 58 | 🇬🇧 Cham J. Chambers | 40.73 | 47.16 | 🇬🇧 Stevenage October 2025 | Final | 11–12 Oct 2025 |
| 59 | 🇵🇱 Maciej Skowroński | 40.74 | 48.05 | 🇵🇱 Polish Championship 2024 | Final | 7–10 Nov 2024 |
| 60 | 🇯🇵 Kohei Aruga (有賀康平) | 40.75 | 49.12 | 🇯🇵 Tokai Big Cubes 2025 | Final | 14 Dec 2025 |
| 60 | 🇩🇪 Kevin Gerhardt | 40.75 | 45.61 | 🇪🇸 Mallorca Open 2024 | Final | 27–28 Apr 2024 |
| 62 | 🇺🇸 Ray Bai | 40.76 | 47.06 | 🇺🇸 Don't Pop Austin 2024 | Final | 2 Jun 2024 |
| 63 | 🇮🇳 Mihir Narayan | 40.77 | 45.73 | 🇮🇳 Don't Pause in Delhi 2025 | Final | 6 Jul 2025 |
| 64 | 🇺🇸 Paul Mahvi | 40.80 | 48.62 | 🇺🇸 Reno Summer 2025 | Final | 9–10 Aug 2025 |
| 65 | 🇭🇰 Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) | 40.82 | 48.04 | 🇨🇦 Canadian Championship 2023 | Final | 13–16 Jul 2023 |
| 66 | 🇺🇸 Jerry Yao | 40.83 | 46.39 | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 | Final | 12–14 Oct 2024 |
| 66 | 🇨🇳 Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) | 40.83 | 45.85 | 🇰🇷 Korean Championship 2024 | First | 15–17 Aug 2024 |
| 68 | 🇺🇸 Vishwa Sankar | 40.88 | 49.50 | 🇺🇸 St. Augustine 2024 | First | 14 Dec 2024 |
| 69 | 🇵🇭 Neo Cuares | 40.89 | 45.73 | 🇺🇸 Dublin California Open 2025 | Final | 22 Nov 2025 |
| 70 | 🇹🇼 Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) | 40.92 | 46.65 | 🇹🇼 New Taipei Big Cube Day 2024 | First | 18 Aug 2024 |
| 71 | 🇸🇬 Daniel Ng | 40.96 | 55.66 | 🇲🇾 Please Don't Pop Austin 2024 | Second | 30 Mar 2024 |
| 72 | 🇧🇷 Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo | 41.04 | 46.49 | 🇧🇷 Joinville Open 2024 | Final | 30–31 Mar 2024 |
| 73 | 🇵🇱 Tomasz Pietruszka | 41.05 | 46.00 | 🇵🇱 Dragon Cubing X 2025 | Final | 26–27 Jul 2025 |
| 74 | 🇳🇱 Olivier Vos | 41.09 | 53.34 | 🇩🇪 Aachen Open 2025 | First | 18–19 Jan 2025 |
| 75 | 🇨🇳 Haoxuan Zhu (朱皓轩) | 41.12 | 51.00 | 🇨🇳 Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 | First | 4–5 Apr 2025 |
| 75 | 🇺🇸 Nathan Phillips | 41.12 | 45.99 | 🇺🇸 Minnesota Championship 2025 | First | 29–30 Nov 2025 |
| 75 | 🇰🇷 Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) | 41.12 | 45.77 | 🇹🇼 WCA Asian Championship 2018 | Final | 17–19 Aug 2018 |
| 78 | 🇩🇪 Mark Zimmermann | 41.15 | 46.69 | 🇩🇪 Rhein-Neckar Side Events August 2023 | Second | 26–27 Aug 2023 |
| 79 | 🇹🇼 Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) | 41.17 | 46.65 | 🇹🇼 HCHS Winter Open 2024 | First | 3 Feb 2024 |
| 80 | 🇲🇾 Lim Hung (林弘) | 41.19 | 48.17 | 🇸🇬 MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 | First | 2–4 Feb 2024 |
| 81 | 🇫🇷 Abdelhak Kaddour | 41.23 | 46.21 | 🇫🇷 Open the Pot Dijon 2025 | Second | 24–25 May 2025 |
| 82 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 41.24 | 47.88 | 🇨🇴 Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017 | Final | 28–29 Jun 2017 |
| 83 | 🇹🇼 Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) | 41.25 | 46.63 | 🇹🇼 Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 | Final | 25 May 2025 |
| 84 | 🇲🇾 Ang Chin Xiang | 41.26 | 46.57 | 🇲🇾 XMUM Cube Open 2025 | Final | 15–16 Feb 2025 |
| 85 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 41.27 | 49.32 | 🇦🇺 Melbourne Cube Days 2016 | Final | 5–6 Nov 2016 |
| 86 | 🇺🇸 Brendyn Dunagan | 41.28 | 46.39 | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 | Final | 13–15 Jun 2025 |
| 87 | 🇷🇴 János Bereczki | 41.29 | 45.88 | 🇧🇬 Tarnovo Open 2022 | First | 6–7 Aug 2022 |
| 88 | 🇹🇭 Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) | 41.31 | 46.62 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Championship 2025 | Final | 7–9 Feb 2025 |
| 88 | 🇨🇭 Alwin Rölz | 41.31 | 46.22 | 🇩🇪 Cubing Days Neuburg 2025 | Final | 6–7 Sep 2025 |
| 90 | 🇦🇺 Sora Sato | 41.33 | 46.33 | 🇳🇿 Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026 | Final | 10–11 Jan 2026 |
| 91 | 🇺🇸 Luke Tycksen | 41.35 | 48.98 | 🇨🇦 Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 | Second | 7–10 Jul 2022 |
| 92 | 🇨🇴 Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez | 41.36 | 47.99 | 🇨🇴 Pocos Cupos Bogotá XII 2025 | First | 18 Jan 2025 |
| 93 | 🇺🇸 Carter Thomas | 41.37 | 48.32 | 🇺🇸 Goshen Spring 2025 | Final | 3 May 2025 |
| 94 | 🇺🇸 Nathan Phillips | 41.38 | 47.28 | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 | First | 22–24 Aug 2025 |
| 95 | 🇭🇰 Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) | 41.40 | 48.38 | 🇨🇦 Pickering Side Events 2023 | Final | 2 Jul 2023 |
| 96 | 🇨🇦 Omar Ellabban | 41.41 | 45.70 | 🇨🇦 Ontario Championship 2024 | First | 9–11 Aug 2024 |
| 97 | 🇸🇬 Deng Zhengping | 41.43 | 48.20 | 🇸🇬 No Parity Mayhem Singapore 2025 | First | 18 May 2025 |
| 98 | 🇨🇱 Claudio Matias Cancino Bruna | 41.45 | 46.70 | 🇨🇱 Viña Winter Open 2025 | First | 6–7 Sep 2025 |
| 99 | 🇸🇬 Daryl Tan Hong An | 41.48 | 49.53 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia Cube Championship 2023 | Final | 1–3 Dec 2023 |
| 100 | 🇮🇳 Dhruv Thirumalairajan | 41.49 | 48.70 | 🇮🇳 Big N Blind Bangalore July 2025 | Final | 12–13 Jul 2025 |