Best 5x5 Single Without a Sub-50 Average (Anytime)
Updated on 20 Aug 2025.
| # | Name | Single | Average | Competition | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🥇 🇮🇳 Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka | 39.19 | 53.83 | 🇮🇳 Bengal Cube Open 2024 | Second | 20–22 Dec 2024 |
| 2 | 🥈 🇸🇬 Daniel Ng | 40.96 | 55.66 | 🇲🇾 Please Don't Pop Austin 2024 | Second | 30 Mar 2024 |
| 3 | 🥉 🇳🇱 Olivier Vos | 41.09 | 53.34 | 🇩🇪 Aachen Open 2025 | First | 18–19 Jan 2025 |
| 4 | 🇨🇳 Haoxuan Zhu (朱皓轩) | 41.12 | 51.00 | 🇨🇳 Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 | First | 4–5 Apr 2025 |
| 5 | 🇵🇪 Benjamín Ochoa | 41.83 | 53.99 | 🇵🇪 Plaza Center Cube Lima V 2025 | Final | 29–30 Mar 2025 |
| 6 | 🇸🇬 Deng Zhengping | 41.86 | 51.76 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Sides Standoff 2024 | First | 7 Apr 2024 |
| 6 | 🇸🇬 Ng Yong Teng | 41.86 | 50.07 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Championship 2025 | Final | 7–9 Feb 2025 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳 Amey Gaba | 41.96 | 50.71 | 🇮🇳 Howrah Cube Open 2024 | First | 11–12 May 2024 |
| 9 | 🇮🇪 Cillian Hainbach | 42.11 | 50.23 | 🇮🇪 Cork Spring 2025 | Final | 22–23 Feb 2025 |
| 10 | 🇹🇼 Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) | 42.12 | 52.13 | 🇹🇼 WCA Asian Championship 2018 | Final | 17–19 Aug 2018 |
| 11 | 🇪🇸 Eder Olivencia González | 42.20 | 50.66 | 🇪🇸 Ciu Open 2023 | Final | 17–18 Jun 2023 |
| 12 | 🇵🇭 Christian Naguio | 42.26 | 51.83 | 🇵🇭 Ortigas Fair and Squares 2024 | Final | 29 Sep 2024 |
| 13 | 🇳🇱 Mats Valk | 42.33 | 51.06 | 🇦🇺 Warm Up Sydney 2019 | First | 6–7 Jul 2019 |
| 14 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Pilat | 42.34 | 54.02 | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 | Final | 3–5 Nov 2023 |
| 15 | 🇵🇪 Pedro Alejandro Condo Tellez | 42.40 | 51.88 | 🇪🇸 WCA European Championship 2018 | Final | 19–22 Jul 2018 |
| 16 | 🇮🇩 Leon Marcell Alamanda | 42.43 | 50.58 | 🇮🇩 Jakarta Masters 2023 | Final | 21–22 Oct 2023 |
| 17 | 🇻🇪 Louis Rodriguez | 42.51 | 53.89 | 🇻🇪 Ciudad Crepuscular Lara 2024 | Final | 26 Oct 2024 |
| 18 | 🇹🇼 Yi-Jen Hsueh (薛以仁) | 42.56 | 51.93 | 🇹🇼 Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 | Final | 23–24 Nov 2024 |
| 19 | 🇮🇳 Aarav Gandhi | 42.63 | 54.15 | 🇮🇳 Sundowner Pune 2024 | Final | 20 Jan 2024 |
| 20 | 🇹🇭 Natthaphat Mahtani (ณัฐภัทร จี มาทานี) | 42.68 | 50.75 | 🇹🇭 Paradise Park NxNxN 2024 | First | 16–18 Feb 2024 |
| 21 | 🇻🇳 Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú | 42.71 | 51.62 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam Championship 2025 | First | 15–17 Aug 2025 |
| 22 | 🇭🇰 Andy Mok Man Cheuk (莫文卓) | 42.73 | 52.11 | 🇲🇾 Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024 | First | 25–27 May 2024 |
| 23 | 🇲🇽 Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez | 42.75 | 51.60 | 🇲🇽 Cronos Querétaro 2023 | Final | 15–16 Jul 2023 |
| 24 | 🇺🇸 Jacob Nokes | 42.98 | 52.40 | 🇺🇸 Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022 | Final | 15 Oct 2022 |
| 25 | 🇮🇹 Daniel Sartori | 43.08 | 52.36 | 🇮🇹 Montemurlo Speedcubing 2024 | Final | 7–8 Sep 2024 |
| 26 | 🇸🇬 Emmanuel Kao | 43.11 | 50.05 | 🇲🇾 Johor Big Cube Challenge 2023 | Final | 16 Sep 2023 |
| 27 | 🇺🇸 Paul Mahvi | 43.12 | 50.01 | 🇺🇸 Redding Fall 2024 | Final | 28 Sep 2024 |
| 28 | 🇨🇦 Ryan Wu | 43.17 | 54.44 | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 | Second | 27–30 May 2022 |
| 29 | 🇨🇳 Xuming Wang (王旭明) | 43.18 | 50.90 | 🇨🇳 Shaoxing Open 2019 | First | 21–22 Dec 2019 |
| 30 | 🇸🇪 William Jensen | 43.19 | 50.54 | 🇸🇪 Twixmas Flen 2024 | Final | 27–29 Dec 2024 |
| 30 | 🇺🇸 Ethan Cho | 43.19 | 50.12 | 🇺🇸 Ohio State Winter 2025 | First | 18–19 Jan 2025 |
| 32 | 🇹🇼 Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) | 43.23 | 52.22 | 🇹🇼 Lanyang Open 2019 | First | 26–27 Oct 2019 |
| 33 | 🇹🇼 Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) | 43.28 | 51.49 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan Championship 2022 | First | 16–18 Dec 2022 |
| 34 | 🇺🇸 Peter Weyers | 43.29 | 51.32 | 🇺🇸 WisconsiNxN 2025 | First | 19 Jul 2025 |
| 35 | 🇦🇷 Theo Goluboff | 43.32 | 52.67 | 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires Cubea 2022 | Final | 19–20 Nov 2022 |
| 36 | 🇯🇵 Sei Sugama (洲鎌星) | 43.34 | 52.43 | 🇯🇵 JRCA Kansai Winter 2019 | Final | 12 Jan 2019 |
| 37 | 🇳🇱 Mats Valk | 43.38 | 51.06 | 🇳🇱 Dutch Nationals 2018 | First | 22–23 Sep 2018 |
| 37 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Ponce | 43.38 | 50.13 | 🇺🇸 New Hope Open Winter 2019 | Final | 20 Jan 2019 |
| 39 | 🇺🇸 Luke Garrett | 43.42 | 52.53 | 🇺🇸 Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023 | First | 11 Jun 2023 |
| 40 | 🇺🇸 Cameron Soulagnet | 43.44 | 51.29 | 🇺🇸 Northampton Newcomers C 2024 | First | 10 Mar 2024 |
| 41 | 🇨🇳 Max Xiong (熊锐明) | 43.45 | 50.50 | 🇨🇦 Ontario Championship 2024 | Final | 9–11 Aug 2024 |
| 42 | 🇮🇱 Zecharya Moshavi | 43.49 | 52.08 | 🇮🇱 4x4 by Road 44 Israel 2024 | First | 27 Sep 2024 |
| 43 | 🇺🇸 Paul Mahvi | 43.50 | 51.00 | 🇺🇸 San Diego Big Cub 2024 | Final | 27 Apr 2024 |
| 44 | 🇸🇬 Darius Soh Zi Jie | 43.55 | 50.28 | 🇸🇬 Cool Down Singapore 2024 | Final | 9–10 Nov 2024 |
| 45 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Nunez | 43.57 | 50.19 | 🇺🇸 Bala Big and Blind 2019 | Final | 18 May 2019 |
| 46 | 🇹🇭 Parist Pariyakanok (พริษฐ์ ปริยกนก) | 43.61 | 50.46 | 🇹🇭 Thailand Championship 2024 | First | 11–13 Oct 2024 |
| 47 | 🇳🇿 Richard Yiheng Tao | 43.62 | 50.87 | 🇳🇿 Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 | Final | 14–15 Jun 2025 |
| 48 | 🇰🇷 DongSoo Park (박동수) | 43.63 | 52.79 | 🇰🇷 Korean Championship Mini 2021 | Final | 18 Dec 2021 |
| 49 | 🇹🇼 Rui Yu (余睿) | 43.64 | 51.16 | 🇹🇼 Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 | Final | 3–4 Aug 2024 |
| 50 | 🇭🇺 Gergely Novotni | 43.68 | 50.48 | 🇭🇺 Hungarian All-Rounder 10: See You Again 2024 | Final | 7 Dec 2024 |
| 51 | 🇻🇳 Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú | 43.73 | 51.62 | 🇻🇳 HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 | Final | 12–13 Apr 2025 |
| 51 | 🇺🇸 Silas Breault | 43.73 | 50.47 | 🇺🇸 Delta County Cubing 2024 | First | 16 Mar 2024 |
| 53 | 🇨🇳 Yinzhi Sha (沙印志) | 43.74 | 51.17 | 🇨🇳 Chengdu Spring Open 2025 | Final | 8–9 Feb 2025 |
| 54 | 🇺🇸 Vishwa Sankar | 43.76 | 50.74 | 🇺🇸 Fountain City 2023 | Final | 1 Jul 2023 |
| 55 | 🇵🇭 Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc | 43.77 | 50.84 | 🇵🇭 Dasmariñas Speedcubing Open 2023 | Final | 15 Jul 2023 |
| 56 | 🇰🇷 SeungO Han (한승오) | 43.79 | 51.37 | 🇰🇷 Happy Suseong 2025 | Final | 18–19 Jan 2025 |
| 57 | 🇸🇬 Ng Yong Teng | 43.80 | 51.29 | 🇸🇬 Cool Down Singapore 2024 | First | 9–10 Nov 2024 |
| 58 | 🇺🇸 Andrew Moy | 43.90 | 55.95 | 🇺🇸 Racing Kane 2025 | First | 1 Mar 2025 |
| 58 | 🇧🇷 Caio Hideaki Sato | 43.90 | 51.84 | 🇦🇷 Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024 | First | 22–25 Jul 2024 |
| 60 | 🇲🇾 Nordarwish Akmal Bin Noor Ibrahim | 43.92 | 52.09 | 🇲🇾 gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025 | First | 31 May – 1 Jun 2025 |
| 61 | 🇺🇸 Henry Lichner | 43.94 | 52.53 | 🇺🇸 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022 | Final | 3 Dec 2022 |
| 62 | 🇻🇳 Phạm Đức Phước | 43.97 | 51.18 | 🇹🇭 Paradise Park NxNxN 2024 | Second | 16–18 Feb 2024 |
| 63 | 🇨🇳 Xuyi Wang (汪绪奕) | 43.98 | 53.13 | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 | Final | 18 Aug 2024 |
| 64 | 🇫🇷 Abdelhak Kaddour | 44.00 | 51.11 | 🇫🇷 Dontrien Open 2022 | Final | 5–6 Feb 2022 |
| 65 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Ponce | 44.02 | 51.28 | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 | Final | 17–18 Nov 2018 |
| 66 | 🇵🇭 Brenton Angelo Lo Wong | 44.04 | 52.29 | 🇵🇭 Luzon Championship 2025 | Final | 25–26 Jan 2025 |
| 67 | 🇹🇼 He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) | 44.05 | 52.12 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan Championship 2024 | First | 6–8 Dec 2024 |
| 68 | 🇰🇷 MinGwan Yeo (여민관) | 44.08 | 53.80 | 🇰🇷 Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 | Final | 15 Jun 2024 |
| 69 | 🇺🇸 Varun Mohanraj | 44.10 | 51.54 | 🇺🇸 WCC Western Championship 2022 | Final | 7–9 Oct 2022 |
| 69 | 🇳🇱 Mika Smulders | 44.10 | 51.41 | 🇪🇸 Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 | Final | 25–28 Jul 2024 |
| 71 | 🇨🇳 Junliang Huang (黄骏亮) | 44.12 | 50.74 | 🇨🇳 Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021 | Final | 31 Jan 2021 |
| 72 | 🇺🇸 Ethan Cho | 44.13 | 52.86 | 🇺🇸 Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 | Second | 18 May 2024 |
| 73 | 🇺🇸 Eli Hezron Mika Jr. | 44.15 | 54.31 | 🇺🇸 DeNxNver 2025 | Final | 1 Feb 2025 |
| 74 | 🇳🇿 Henry Eyles | 44.16 | 50.12 | 🇺🇸 Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 | First | 3–6 Jul 2025 |
| 75 | 🇨🇳 Yibo Wang (王奕博) | 44.18 | 56.51 | 🇦🇺 Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022 | Final | 25–26 Jun 2022 |
| 76 | 🇹🇼 Kai-Lun Cheng (鄭凱倫) | 44.19 | 51.35 | 🇹🇼 Taipei Summer Open 2024 | First | 29–30 Jun 2024 |
| 77 | 🇨🇳 Xuming Wang (王旭明) | 44.21 | 51.94 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019 | Final | 15–16 Jun 2019 |
| 77 | 🇺🇸 Paul Mahvi | 44.21 | 51.14 | 🇺🇸 BASC 57 - Big and Blind 2024 | Final | 25 Feb 2024 |
| 79 | 🇸🇪 Govend Avgerinos Djangoi | 44.22 | 54.11 | 🇸🇪 Uppsala Open 2024 | Second | 19–20 Oct 2024 |
| 79 | 🇰🇷 Yeon Kyun Park (박연균) | 44.22 | 53.91 | 🇵🇭 Luzon Championship 2025 | Final | 25–26 Jan 2025 |
| 81 | 🇲🇾 Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) | 44.29 | 52.03 | 🇲🇾 Johor Big Cube Challenge 2022 | Second | 10 Sep 2022 |
| 81 | 🇳🇱 Robin Teune | 44.29 | 50.19 | 🇳🇱 Start in Veenendaal 2025 | Final | 22–23 Mar 2025 |
| 83 | 🇲🇴 Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) | 44.32 | 53.98 | 🇬🇧 Birmingham Summer 2024 | Final | 17–18 Aug 2024 |
| 84 | 🇻🇳 Đặng Trần Diễn | 44.34 | 52.86 | 🇻🇳 HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 | Final | 12–13 Apr 2025 |
| 84 | 🇮🇳 Kunal Oak | 44.34 | 50.41 | 🇮🇳 SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023 | Final | 2–3 Sep 2023 |
| 86 | 🇹🇼 Rui Yu (余睿) | 44.36 | 52.68 | 🇹🇼 Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 | First | 3–4 Aug 2024 |
| 87 | 🇹🇼 Wei-Chen Hsieh (謝維宸) | 44.37 | 51.13 | 🇹🇼 Taipei Summer Open 2025 | First | 28–29 Jun 2025 |
| 88 | 🇨🇱 Agustín Mera Landa | 44.46 | 56.11 | 🇦🇷 Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024 | First | 22–25 Jul 2024 |
| 88 | 🇳🇱 Mats Valk | 44.46 | 51.06 | 🇪🇸 WCA European Championship 2018 | Second | 19–22 Jul 2018 |
| 88 | 🇨🇴 Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez | 44.46 | 50.11 | 🇦🇷 Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024 | Final | 22–25 Jul 2024 |
| 91 | 🇺🇸 Kate Grahame | 44.48 | 52.91 | 🇺🇸 Indiana Finally Returns 2023 | First | 25 Feb 2023 |
| 91 | 🇮🇩 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 44.48 | 52.12 | 🇸🇬 Singapore Mofun & FIS Cubing 2022 | First | 18 Jun 2022 |
| 91 | 🇳🇿 Henry Eyles | 44.48 | 50.12 | 🇳🇿 Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025 | Final | 5–6 Apr 2025 |
| 94 | 🇮🇹 Daniel Sartori | 44.52 | 53.37 | 🇮🇹 V per Varese 2024 | Final | 10–11 Aug 2024 |
| 94 | 🇮🇳 Mihir Narayan | 44.52 | 51.91 | 🇺🇸 Indiana Championship 2024 | Final | 22–24 Nov 2024 |
| 96 | 🇬🇧 Danny Morgan | 44.53 | 50.74 | 🇬🇧 Crewe Spring 2024 | First | 27–28 Apr 2024 |
| 97 | 🇵🇱 Łukasz Burliga | 44.54 | 51.57 | 🇵🇱 Dragon Cubing I 2024 | Final | 22–23 Jun 2024 |
| 98 | 🇺🇸 Heidi Chan | 44.57 | 54.24 | 🇺🇸 Cool Down Berkeley 2024 | Final | 3 Nov 2024 |
| 98 | 🇲🇾 Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) | 44.57 | 52.22 | 🇲🇾 XMUM Cube Open 2025 | Final | 15–16 Feb 2025 |
| 100 | 🇷🇺 Andrey Che | 44.58 | 52.00 | 🇹🇷 Güneşli Sınav Cube Weekend 2023 | Final | 25–26 Feb 2023 |