Historical 4x4 World Records Beaten
Updated on 20 Aug 2025.
| Date | Single | Average | Name | Competition | Achieved By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | |||||
| 8 Jun 2024 | 15.71 | 19.77 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024 | 1 (0.00%) |
| 20 Apr 2024 | 15.83 | 22.28 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 | 1 (0.00%) |
| 3 Apr 2022 | 16.79 | 20.14 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 | 2 (0.00%) |
| 26–28 Nov 2021 | 16.86 | 21.91 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 | 2 (0.00%) |
| 26–28 Nov 2021 | 17.18 | 21.02 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 | 4 (0.01%) |
| 13–15 Sep 2019 | 17.42 | 23.59 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇰 Danish Open 2019 | 4 (0.01%) |
| 2–4 Aug 2019 | 18.25 | 22.23 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 German Nationals 2019 | 9 (0.01%) |
| 27 May 2018 | 18.42 | 21.13 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 SacCubing IV 2018 | 11 (0.01%) |
| 21–22 Apr 2018 | 18.84 | 22.27 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 German Open 2018 | 13 (0.02%) |
| 22 Jun 2017 | 19.36 | 25.08 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇵🇪 Latin America Cubing Tour - Arequipa 2017 | 17 (0.02%) |
| 10–11 Jun 2017 | 19.41 | 26.23 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Berlin Summer Cube Days 2017 | 18 (0.02%) |
| 2–4 Oct 2015 | 21.54 | 28.21 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇨🇳 China Championship 2015 | 73 (0.10%) |
| 8–10 Aug 2014 | 21.97 | 27.17 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇰 Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014 | 93 (0.12%) |
| 18–20 Apr 2014 | 24.33 | 29.43 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Velbert Easter Open 2014 | 340 (0.45%) |
| 11 Jan 2014 | 24.66 | 29.23 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014 | 384 (0.50%) |
| 3–5 Jan 2014 | 24.67 | 29.95 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Duisburg Winter 2014 | 384 (0.50%) |
| 8 Jun 2013 | 25.34 | 32.20 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Shepparton Winter 2013 | 498 (0.65%) |
| 16–17 Feb 2013 | 26.44 | 33.59 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Velbert Open 2013 | 730 (0.96%) |
| 1–2 Sep 2012 | 26.75 | 31.55 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Australian Nationals 2012 | 804 (1.06%) |
| 14–15 Apr 2012 | 26.77 | 33.57 | 🇳🇱 Mats Valk | 🇩🇪 German Open 2012 | 806 (1.06%) |
| 17 Dec 2011 | 30.02 | 36.62 | 🇳🇱 Mats Valk | 🇳🇱 Dutch Nationals 2011 | 1886 (2.48%) |
| 27–28 Aug 2011 | 30.28 | 36.78 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Australian Nationals 2011 | 1979 (2.60%) |
| 25 Jun 2011 | 30.88 | 35.89 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Melbourne Winter Open 2011 | 2259 (2.97%) |
| 7 May 2011 | 31.05 | 39.61 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Kubaroo Open 2011 | 2343 (3.08%) |
| 30 Apr – 1 May 2011 | 31.66 | 37.77 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Hamburg Open 2011 | 2623 (3.45%) |
| 13 Nov 2010 | 31.97 | 35.80 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Melbourne Cube Day 2010 | 2776 (3.65%) |
| 9–10 Oct 2010 | 34.41 | 41.71 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇹🇭 Asian Championship 2010 | 4220 (5.54%) |
| 9–10 Oct 2010 | 34.72 | 43.66 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇹🇭 Asian Championship 2010 | 4400 (5.78%) |
| 11 Jul 2010 | 35.40 | 42.71 | 🇨🇳 Haixu Zhang (张海旭) | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Big Cubes Competition 2010 | 4868 (6.40%) |
| 10 Jul 2010 | 35.55 | 42.63 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇳🇿 New Zealand Championships 2010 | 4981 (6.54%) |
| 9–11 Oct 2009 | 36.46 | 46.94 | 🇺🇸 Dan Cohen | 🇩🇪 World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 | 5653 (7.43%) |
| 1–2 Aug 2009 | 39.28 | 48.73 | 🇯🇵 Shuhei Omura (大村周平) | 🇯🇵 Japan Open 2009 | 7954 (10.45%) |
| 25–26 Apr 2009 | 39.83 | 48.41 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇩🇪 German Open 2009 | 8413 (11.05%) |
| 10–11 Jan 2009 | 40.05 | 47.94 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇩🇪 Aachen Open 2009 | 8596 (11.29%) |
| 4 Oct 2008 | 41.16 | 59.94 | 🇯🇵 Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) | 🇯🇵 Japan Open 2008 | 9591 (12.60%) |
| 6–7 Sep 2008 | 41.31 | 49.03 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇧🇪 Brussels Summer Open 2008 | 9724 (12.78%) |
| 23–24 Aug 2008 | 43.72 | 56.22 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇳🇱 Dutch Masters 2008 | 11984 (15.75%) |
| 2 Aug 2008 | 45.15 | 52.31 | 🇯🇵 Keisuke Hiraya (平谷啓輔) | 🇯🇵 Tokyo Open 2008 | 13351 (17.54%) |
| 14–15 Jun 2008 | 46.03 | 56.54 | 🇺🇸 Dan Cohen | 🇺🇸 Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008 | 14216 (18.68%) |
| 10 Nov 2007 | 46.63 | 1:00.42 | 🇭🇺 Mátyás Kuti | 🇬🇧 UK Open 2007 | 14771 (19.41%) |
| 14–15 Oct 2006 | 51.16 | 59.21 | 🇳🇱 Michael Fung | 🇳🇱 Dutch Open 2006 | 19239 (25.28%) |
| 5–6 Nov 2005 | 54.13 | — | 🇯🇵 Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) | 🇺🇸 Rubik's World Championship 2005 | 21992 (28.90%) |
| 13 Aug 2005 | 55.38 | 1:10.17 | 🇺🇸 Chris Hardwick | 🇺🇸 Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005 | 23151 (30.42%) |
| 10 Jul 2005 | 1:00.38 | 1:04.97 | 🇯🇵 Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) | 🇯🇵 Kyoto Rubik's Cube contest 2005 | 27521 (36.16%) |
| 22 Apr 2005 | 1:01.52 | 1:15.03 | 🇫🇷 Frédérick Badie | 🇫🇷 French Championship 2005 | 28491 (37.43%) |
| 15 Jan 2005 | 1:08.12 | 1:17.83 | 🇺🇸 Frank Morris | 🇺🇸 Caltech Winter competition 2005 | 33743 (44.34%) |
| 7–8 Aug 2004 | 1:09.11 | 1:52.21 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇳🇱 European Rubik's Games Championship 2004 | 34510 (45.34%) |
| 7–8 Aug 2004 | 1:12.49 | — | 🇫🇷 Frédérick Badie | 🇳🇱 European Rubik's Games Championship 2004 | 37060 (48.69%) |
| 10 Jul 2004 | 1:12.85 | — | 🇺🇸 Chris Hardwick | 🇺🇸 US Nationals 2004 | 37359 (49.09%) |
| 23–24 Aug 2003 | 1:20.16 | 1:31.80 | 🇯🇵 Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) | 🇨🇦 World Rubik's Games Championship 2003 | 42324 (55.61%) |
| Average | |||||
| 8–9 Feb 2025 | 17.84 | 19.17 | 🇵🇱 Tymon Kolasiński | 🇩🇰 Hvidovre NxN 2025 | 1 (0.00%) |
| 19 Mar 2023 | 17.60 | 19.38 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 | 2 (0.00%) |
| 3 Apr 2022 | 17.81 | 19.88 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 | 3 (0.01%) |
| 12 Mar 2022 | 19.85 | 20.51 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Florida Spring B 2022 | 5 (0.01%) |
| 22 Jan 2022 | 18.12 | 20.68 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Baton Rouge Winter 2022 | 6 (0.01%) |
| 6–7 Nov 2021 | 19.77 | 20.94 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Missoula 2021 | 9 (0.02%) |
| 1 Dec 2019 | 19.28 | 21.11 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 | 9 (0.02%) |
| 27 May 2018 | 18.42 | 21.13 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 SacCubing IV 2018 | 9 (0.02%) |
| 12 May 2018 | 20.39 | 22.26 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Thanks for the InFive 2018 | 14 (0.03%) |
| 21–22 Apr 2018 | 18.84 | 22.27 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 German Open 2018 | 14 (0.03%) |
| 27–28 Jan 2018 | 21.03 | 22.55 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 SacCubing III 2018 | 17 (0.03%) |
| 1–2 Jul 2017 | 20.66 | 23.03 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 German Big Cube Open 2017 | 20 (0.04%) |
| 10–11 Jun 2017 | 23.18 | 24.01 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Berlin Summer Cube Days 2017 | 36 (0.07%) |
| 8 Apr 2017 | 22.33 | 25.53 | 🇺🇸 Max Park | 🇺🇸 Las Vegas Spring 2017 | 86 (0.17%) |
| 28–29 Jan 2017 | 24.40 | 25.96 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Frankfurt Cube Days 2017 | 115 (0.23%) |
| 21 Jan 2017 | 23.50 | 25.97 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Adelaide Summer 2017 | 115 (0.23%) |
| 6–7 Sep 2014 | 24.86 | 26.03 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 German Nationals 2014 | 120 (0.24%) |
| 8–10 Aug 2014 | 21.97 | 27.17 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇰 Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014 | 199 (0.40%) |
| 18–19 Jan 2014 | 26.46 | 28.15 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Frankfurt Cube Days 2014 | 302 (0.61%) |
| 8–9 Dec 2012 | 27.66 | 29.17 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Frankfurt Cube Days 2012 | 427 (0.87%) |
| 23–24 Jun 2012 | 27.43 | 30.81 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Weyer | 🇩🇪 Aachen Summer Open 2012 | 699 (1.42%) |
| 14–15 Apr 2012 | 26.77 | 33.57 | 🇳🇱 Mats Valk | 🇩🇪 German Open 2012 | 1439 (2.92%) |
| 25 Feb 2012 | 31.33 | 34.82 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Melbourne Summer 2012 | 1844 (3.75%) |
| 14–16 Oct 2011 | 33.28 | 35.22 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇹🇭 World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 | 1995 (4.05%) |
| 14–16 Oct 2011 | 31.59 | 35.33 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇹🇭 World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 | 2037 (4.14%) |
| 1–2 Oct 2011 | 32.59 | 35.52 | 🇮🇹 Giovanni Contardi | 🇮🇹 Italian Open 2011 | 2117 (4.30%) |
| 24 Sep 2011 | 32.78 | 35.54 | 🇺🇸 Dan Cohen | 🇺🇸 Princeton Fall 2011 | 2130 (4.33%) |
| 13 Nov 2010 | 31.97 | 35.80 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Melbourne Cube Day 2010 | 2223 (4.52%) |
| 13 Nov 2010 | 36.63 | 39.73 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Melbourne Cube Day 2010 | 4133 (8.40%) |
| 16 Oct 2010 | 37.16 | 40.67 | 🇮🇹 Giovanni Contardi | 🇮🇹 Mantua Open 2010 | 4686 (9.52%) |
| 3–4 Oct 2010 | 38.78 | 40.86 | 🇨🇳 Haixu Zhang (张海旭) | 🇨🇳 Guangdong Open 2010 | 4794 (9.74%) |
| 4–5 Sep 2010 | 38.68 | 41.29 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇩🇪 Lemgo Open 2010 | 5079 (10.32%) |
| 30 Jan 2010 | 37.83 | 42.01 | 🇦🇺 Feliks Zemdegs | 🇦🇺 Melbourne Summer Open 2010 | 5599 (11.38%) |
| 22–23 Aug 2009 | 40.46 | 43.43 | 🇹🇼 Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群) | 🇹🇼 Taiwan Summer Open 2009 | 6556 (13.32%) |
| 22–23 Aug 2009 | 39.80 | 45.32 | 🇨🇳 Haixu Zhang (张海旭) | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen Summer Open 2009 | 7970 (16.20%) |
| 31 May 2009 | 40.43 | 45.85 | 🇹🇼 Han-Cyun Chen (陳翰群) | 🇹🇼 Taiwan Spring Open 2009 | 8372 (17.01%) |
| 10–11 Jan 2009 | 40.05 | 47.94 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇩🇪 Aachen Open 2009 | 10071 (20.47%) |
| 6–7 Sep 2008 | 41.31 | 49.03 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇧🇪 Brussels Summer Open 2008 | 10955 (22.26%) |
| 2 Aug 2008 | 45.15 | 52.31 | 🇯🇵 Keisuke Hiraya (平谷啓輔) | 🇯🇵 Tokyo Open 2008 | 13740 (27.92%) |
| 5–6 Apr 2008 | 52.16 | 53.99 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇪🇸 Madrid Open 2008 | 15263 (31.02%) |
| 16–17 Feb 2008 | 50.63 | 54.71 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇳🇱 Benelux Open 2008 | 15860 (32.23%) |
| 2–3 Feb 2008 | 55.16 | 57.15 | 🇳🇱 Erik Akkersdijk | 🇧🇪 Belgian Open 2008 | 18065 (36.71%) |
| 15–16 Sep 2007 | 52.18 | 58.15 | 🇭🇺 Mátyás Kuti | 🇵🇱 Polish Open 2007 | 18914 (38.44%) |
| 14–15 Oct 2006 | 51.16 | 59.21 | 🇳🇱 Michael Fung | 🇳🇱 Dutch Open 2006 | 19776 (40.19%) |
| 23–24 Sep 2006 | 57.32 | 1:02.40 | 🇫🇷 Jean Pons | 🇫🇷 European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 | 22277 (45.27%) |
| 5–6 Nov 2005 | 1:01.21 | 1:04.63 | 🇯🇵 Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) | 🇺🇸 Rubik's World Championship 2005 | 23986 (48.74%) |
| 10 Jul 2005 | 1:00.38 | 1:04.97 | 🇯🇵 Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) | 🇯🇵 Kyoto Rubik's Cube contest 2005 | 24229 (49.24%) |
| 22 Apr 2005 | 1:01.52 | 1:15.03 | 🇫🇷 Frédérick Badie | 🇫🇷 French Championship 2005 | 30953 (62.90%) |
| 10 Jul 2004 | 1:13.03 | 1:15.54 | 🇺🇸 Chris Hardwick | 🇺🇸 US Nationals 2004 | 31261 (63.53%) |
| 23–24 Aug 2003 | 1:20.46 | 1:30.57 | 🇸🇪 David Wesley | 🇨🇦 World Rubik's Games Championship 2003 | 38587 (78.42%) |