Historical Clock World Records Beaten
Updated on 14 Dec 2025.
| Date | Single | Average | Name | Competition | Achieved By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | |||||
| 27 Sep 2025 | 1.53 | 2.98 | 🇳🇿 Lachlan Gibson | 🇳🇿 Hasty Hastings 2025 | 1 (0.00%) |
| 10 May 2025 | 1.64 | 2.31 | 🇺🇸 Volodymyr Kapustianskyi | 🇺🇸 Moorhead Madness 2025 | 2 (0.01%) |
| 17–18 Jan 2025 | 1.86 | 2.58 | 🇳🇿 Lachlan Gibson | 🇳🇿 A New Year in Auckland 2025 | 3 (0.01%) |
| 31 Aug – 1 Sep 2024 | 1.97 | 3.05 | 🇺🇸 Brendyn Dunagan | 🇺🇸 La La Land 2024 | 7 (0.02%) |
| 10 Aug 2024 | 2.15 | 2.76 | 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Kapustianskyi | 🇺🇸 Cubing in Oak Creek 2024 | 14 (0.05%) |
| 14–16 Jun 2024 | 2.25 | 2.95 | 🇳🇴 Niklas Aasen Eliasson | 🇸🇪 Vännäs & Friends 2024 | 18 (0.06%) |
| 8–9 Jun 2024 | 2.29 | 3.21 | 🇳🇴 Niklas Aasen Eliasson | 🇸🇪 West Coast 3: Trollhättan 2024 | 26 (0.09%) |
| 17–19 May 2024 | 2.31 | 3.07 | 🇵🇱 Eryk Kasperek | 🇵🇱 No Triangle in Rzeszów 2024 | 29 (0.10%) |
| 18 May 2024 | 2.38 | 4.66 | 🇺🇸 Carter Thomas | 🇺🇸 Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 | 36 (0.13%) |
| 20–21 Apr 2024 | 2.40 | 2.52 | 🇵🇱 Eryk Kasperek | 🇵🇱 Cube4fun Lublin on WEII 2024 | 41 (0.14%) |
| 6–7 Jan 2024 | 2.54 | 3.91 | 🇮🇳 Neil Gour | 🇮🇳 Side Events Bangalore Jan 2024 | 67 (0.23%) |
| 17–19 Jun 2023 | 2.61 | 5.03 | 🇺🇸 Tommy Cherry | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 | 79 (0.28%) |
| 25–26 Mar 2023 | 2.77 | 3.94 | 🇬🇧 Cham J. Chambers | 🇬🇧 Wiltshire Spring 2023 | 128 (0.45%) |
| 1–3 May 2021 | 2.87 | 4.39 | 🇨🇳 Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 🇨🇳 Guangdong Open 2021 | 152 (0.53%) |
| 1–3 May 2021 | 3.22 | 5.00 | 🇨🇳 Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 🇨🇳 Guangdong Open 2021 | 270 (0.95%) |
| 23–24 Mar 2019 | 3.29 | 5.04 | 🇭🇰 Suen Ming Chi (孫銘志) | 🇨🇳 GDSY Open 2019 | 302 (1.06%) |
| 21–22 Jul 2018 | 3.40 | 5.27 | 🇨🇳 Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen Open 2018 | 356 (1.25%) |
| 20–21 Jun 2015 | 3.73 | 6.74 | 🇸🇪 Nathaniel Berg | 🇩🇰 Danish Open Championships 2015 | 518 (1.82%) |
| 4–5 Apr 2015 | 4.80 | 5.94 | 🇺🇸 Evan Liu | 🇨🇳 Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 | 1106 (3.88%) |
| 22 Feb 2015 | 5.25 | 6.21 | 🇸🇪 Nathaniel Berg | 🇩🇰 Generalforsamlingen 2015 | 1422 (4.99%) |
| 24 Dec 2011 | 5.27 | 7.68 | 🇨🇳 Sam Zhixiao Wang (王志骁) | 🇨🇳 Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011 | 1442 (5.06%) |
| 24 Dec 2011 | 5.65 | 7.47 | 🇨🇳 Sam Zhixiao Wang (王志骁) | 🇨🇳 Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011 | 1729 (6.06%) |
| 14–16 Oct 2011 | 5.83 | 7.71 | 🇪🇸 Javier Tirado Ortiz | 🇹🇭 World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 | 1891 (6.63%) |
| 30–31 Jul 2011 | 5.88 | 7.33 | 🇨🇳 Sam Zhixiao Wang (王志骁) | 🇬🇧 Guildford Summer Open 2011 | 1935 (6.78%) |
| 6–8 Aug 2010 | 6.25 | 8.68 | 🇺🇸 David Woner | 🇺🇸 United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 | 2306 (8.09%) |
| 6 Jun 2010 | 6.36 | 7.53 | 🇯🇵 Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki Open 2010 | 2439 (8.55%) |
| 27–28 Mar 2010 | 6.90 | 8.41 | 🇯🇵 Taki Sugimoto (杉本太暉) | 🇯🇵 Japan Open 2010 | 2994 (10.50%) |
| 21–22 Nov 2009 | 6.93 | DNF | 🇭🇺 Olivér Perge | 🇬🇧 Bristol Open 2009 | 3023 (10.60%) |
| 2 May 2009 | 7.08 | 9.87 | 🇺🇸 David Woner | 🇺🇸 Carnegie Mellon Spring 2009 | 3184 (11.16%) |
| 14–15 Jul 2007 | 7.69 | 8.83 | 🇭🇺 Mátyás Kuti | 🇨🇿 Czech Open 2007 | 3897 (13.66%) |
| 5–6 Nov 2005 | 8.39 | — | 🇩🇪 Stefan Pochmann | 🇺🇸 Rubik's World Championship 2005 | 4844 (16.99%) |
| 10 Oct 2004 | 9.05 | — | 🇩🇪 Stefan Pochmann | 🇳🇱 Dutch Open 2004 | 5788 (20.30%) |
| 24 Apr 2004 | 9.54 | — | 🇩🇪 Stefan Pochmann | 🇩🇪 German Open 2004 | 6502 (22.80%) |
| 23–24 Aug 2003 | 38.97 | — | 🇳🇱 Jaap Scherphuis | 🇨🇦 World Rubik's Games Championship 2003 | 26386 (92.52%) |
| Average | |||||
| 16 Aug 2025 | 1.82 | 2.26 | 🇳🇿 Lachlan Gibson | 🇳🇿 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 | 1 (0.00%) |
| 10 May 2025 | 2.20 | 2.28 | 🇳🇿 Lachlan Gibson | 🇳🇿 Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 | 1 (0.00%) |
| 12 Apr 2025 | 2.10 | 2.38 | 🇳🇿 Lachlan Gibson | 🇳🇿 Auckland Autumn 2025 | 2 (0.01%) |
| 29 Mar 2025 | 1.91 | 2.39 | 🇺🇸 Volodymyr Kapustianskyi | 🇺🇸 South Dakota Playhouse 2025 | 2 (0.01%) |
| 14 Sep 2024 | 2.24 | 2.39 | 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Kapustianskyi | 🇺🇸 Grand Forks 2024 | 2 (0.01%) |
| 20–21 Apr 2024 | 2.40 | 2.52 | 🇵🇱 Eryk Kasperek | 🇵🇱 Cube4fun Lublin on WEII 2024 | 3 (0.01%) |
| 29 Feb 2024 | 3.08 | 3.13 | 🇳🇴 Niklas Aasen Eliasson | 🇸🇪 Uppsalaligan 2: Leap - 2024 | 42 (0.19%) |
| 17–18 Feb 2024 | 3.04 | 3.31 | 🇳🇴 Niklas Aasen Eliasson | 🇳🇴 Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024 | 72 (0.33%) |
| 17 Feb 2024 | 3.17 | 3.35 | 🇨🇦 Dilshawn Sidhu | 🇺🇸 Kenmore Mini A 2024 | 77 (0.35%) |
| 20–21 Jan 2024 | 3.13 | 3.44 | 🇳🇴 Niklas Aasen Eliasson | 🇸🇪 West Coast 1: Trollhättan 2024 | 88 (0.40%) |
| 27–30 Jul 2023 | 3.27 | 3.50 | 🇺🇸 Tommy Cherry | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Nationals 2023 | 99 (0.45%) |
| 4–9 Jul 2023 | 3.17 | 3.54 | 🇳🇴 Niklas Aasen Eliasson | 🇳🇴 Trondheim Cube Week 2023 | 104 (0.47%) |
| 17–18 Sep 2022 | 3.16 | 3.56 | 🇬🇧 Cham J. Chambers | 🇬🇧 Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022 | 108 (0.49%) |
| 29–31 Jul 2022 | 3.53 | 3.81 | 🇺🇸 Caleb Trelford | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 | 169 (0.76%) |
| 13 Dec 2020 | 3.52 | 3.86 | 🇨🇳 Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020 | 181 (0.82%) |
| 9–10 Nov 2019 | 3.85 | 4.38 | 🇨🇳 Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 🇨🇳 Hangzhou Autumn 2019 | 352 (1.59%) |
| 2–3 May 2019 | 3.93 | 4.43 | 🇨🇳 Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 🇨🇳 Wuhan Open 2019 | 366 (1.66%) |
| 2–4 Oct 2018 | 4.20 | 4.56 | 🇨🇳 Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 🇨🇳 China Championship 2018 | 425 (1.92%) |
| 21–22 Jul 2018 | 4.43 | 4.90 | 🇨🇳 Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen Open 2018 | 563 (2.55%) |
| 20–21 Jan 2018 | 4.13 | 4.95 | 🇨🇳 Tairan Zhong (钟泰然) | 🇨🇳 Shanghai Winter 2018 | 588 (2.66%) |
| 16–17 Dec 2017 | 4.42 | 5.20 | 🇵🇱 Wojciech Knott | 🇵🇱 CFL Santa Claus Cube Race 2017 | 705 (3.19%) |
| 19 Aug 2017 | 4.81 | 5.22 | 🇨🇳 Tairan Zhong (钟泰然) | 🇨🇳 Quanzhou Side Event 2017 | 717 (3.24%) |
| 29–30 May 2017 | 4.38 | 5.23 | 🇨🇳 Tairan Zhong (钟泰然) | 🇨🇳 Zhuhai Open 2017 | 719 (3.25%) |
| 17–18 Dec 2016 | 4.95 | 5.33 | 🇺🇸 Evan Liu | 🇬🇧 Birmingham Open 2016 | 759 (3.43%) |
| 27–28 Aug 2016 | 5.02 | 5.38 | 🇵🇱 Wojciech Knott | 🇵🇱 II Masovian Open Płock 2016 | 776 (3.51%) |
| 11–12 Jun 2016 | 5.32 | 5.72 | 🇵🇱 Wojciech Knott | 🇵🇱 Mielec Cube Day 2016 | 940 (4.25%) |
| 4–5 Apr 2015 | 4.80 | 5.94 | 🇺🇸 Evan Liu | 🇨🇳 Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 | 1064 (4.81%) |
| 1–3 Nov 2014 | 5.72 | 6.00 | 🇰🇷 Yunho Nam (남윤호) | 🇯🇵 Asian Championship 2014 | 1097 (4.96%) |
| 1–3 Nov 2014 | 5.31 | 6.25 | 🇰🇷 Yunho Nam (남윤호) | 🇯🇵 Asian Championship 2014 | 1211 (5.48%) |
| 17–18 May 2014 | 5.72 | 6.61 | 🇺🇸 Evan Liu | 🇬🇧 Oxford Open 2014 | 1447 (6.55%) |
| 22–23 Feb 2014 | 5.78 | 6.68 | 🇺🇸 Evan Liu | 🇬🇧 Nottingham Open 2014 | 1487 (6.73%) |
| 26–28 Jul 2013 | 5.45 | 6.79 | 🇺🇸 Evan Liu | 🇺🇸 World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 | 1564 (7.08%) |
| 2–3 Mar 2013 | 6.15 | 6.90 | 🇫🇷 Pierre Bouvier | 🇫🇷 Cannes Open 2013 | 1651 (7.47%) |
| 26–27 May 2012 | 6.75 | 7.09 | 🇮🇩 Jonathan Irvin Gunawan | 🇮🇩 Bandung Open 2012 | 1793 (8.11%) |
| 30–31 Jul 2011 | 5.88 | 7.33 | 🇨🇳 Sam Zhixiao Wang (王志骁) | 🇬🇧 Guildford Summer Open 2011 | 1990 (9.00%) |
| 6 Jun 2010 | 6.36 | 7.53 | 🇯🇵 Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki Open 2010 | 2167 (9.80%) |
| 27–28 Mar 2010 | 7.09 | 7.96 | 🇯🇵 Yu Sajima (佐島優) | 🇯🇵 Japan Open 2010 | 2558 (11.57%) |
| 15–16 Sep 2007 | 8.09 | 8.60 | 🇭🇺 Mátyás Kuti | 🇵🇱 Polish Open 2007 | 3149 (14.25%) |
| 14–15 Jul 2007 | 7.69 | 8.83 | 🇭🇺 Mátyás Kuti | 🇨🇿 Czech Open 2007 | 3361 (15.21%) |
| 23 Apr 2005 | 9.22 | 9.74 | 🇩🇪 Stefan Pochmann | 🇩🇪 German Open 2005 | 4368 (19.76%) |
| 7–8 Aug 2004 | 9.64 | 10.78 | 🇩🇪 Stefan Pochmann | 🇳🇱 European Rubik's Games Championship 2004 | 5561 (25.16%) |
| 24 Apr 2004 | 9.94 | 11.61 | 🇩🇪 Stefan Pochmann | 🇩🇪 German Open 2004 | 6558 (29.67%) |