Historical Square-1 World Records Beaten
Updated on 14 Oct 2025.
| Date | Single | Average | Name | Competition | Achieved By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | |||||
| 2 Mar 2024 | 3.41 | 7.28 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Pilat | 🇺🇸 Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024 | 1 (0.00%) |
| 2 Dec 2023 | 3.69 | 5.24 | 🇺🇸 Max Siauw | 🇺🇸 UW or U Don't 2023 | 6 (0.03%) |
| 2–4 Jun 2023 | 3.73 | 7.87 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Pilat | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023 | 7 (0.03%) |
| 11 Feb 2023 | 3.87 | 6.24 | 🇵🇱 Michał Krasowski | 🇵🇱 Olsztyn Squared 2023 | 8 (0.03%) |
| 10 Dec 2022 | 4.28 | 5.49 | 🇺🇸 Max Siauw | 🇺🇸 Big Cubes in Bothell 2022 | 15 (0.06%) |
| 29 Oct 2022 | 4.33 | 8.23 | 🇺🇸 Elijah Rain Phelps | 🇺🇸 Naticube 2022 | 18 (0.08%) |
| 22–23 Oct 2022 | 4.34 | 6.89 | 🇺🇸 Hassan Khanani | 🇺🇸 Rochester Fall 2022 | 18 (0.08%) |
| 27–30 May 2022 | 4.37 | 5.43 | 🇺🇸 Sameer Aggarwal | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 | 18 (0.08%) |
| 23–24 Apr 2022 | 4.40 | 6.29 | 🇦🇺 David Epstein | 🇦🇺 Wonderful Williamstown 2022 | 19 (0.08%) |
| 4–6 Sep 2020 | 4.59 | 8.85 | 🇩🇰 Martin Vædele Egdal | 🇩🇰 Danish Championship 2020 | 30 (0.13%) |
| 25 May 2019 | 4.95 | 9.93 | 🇺🇸 Jackey Zheng | 🇺🇸 Brooklyn 2019 | 51 (0.22%) |
| 3–4 May 2019 | 4.98 | 9.71 | 🇳🇱 Tijmen van der Ree | 🇳🇱 Mental Breakdown Capelle 2019 | 53 (0.23%) |
| 20–21 Oct 2018 | 5.00 | 6.73 | 🇧🇷 Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini | 🇧🇷 Schoolmark Open 2018 | 54 (0.23%) |
| 27–29 Jul 2018 | 5.49 | 8.92 | 🇺🇸 Daniel Karnaukh | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Nationals 2018 | 89 (0.38%) |
| 31 Mar – 1 Apr 2018 | 5.66 | 8.44 | 🇩🇰 Rasmus Stub Detlefsen | 🇸🇪 Royal Corner Twist 2018 | 116 (0.50%) |
| 23–24 Sep 2017 | 5.73 | 10.24 | 🇬🇧 Charlie Stark | 🇬🇧 Guildford Open 2017 | 127 (0.55%) |
| 6–7 May 2017 | 5.88 | 13.16 | 🇺🇸 Nathan Dwyer | 🇺🇸 Buzzer Beater 2017 | 151 (0.65%) |
| 29–30 Apr 2017 | 6.67 | 12.24 | 🇸🇪 Helmer Ewert | 🇸🇪 Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2017 | 282 (1.22%) |
| 25–26 Jun 2016 | 6.84 | 12.90 | 🇺🇸 Tommy Szeliga | 🇺🇸 Indiana 2016 | 333 (1.44%) |
| 18 May 2014 | 6.96 | 10.21 | 🇨🇳 Bingliang Li (李炳良) | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014 | 375 (1.62%) |
| 2 Nov 2013 | 7.41 | 28.50 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Santambrogio | 🇮🇹 Legnano Open 2013 | 485 (2.09%) |
| 3–4 Oct 2010 | 8.65 | 12.37 | 🇨🇳 Bingliang Li (李炳良) | 🇨🇳 Guangdong Open 2010 | 867 (3.74%) |
| 28–29 Aug 2010 | 9.93 | 13.39 | 🇵🇱 Piotr Michał Padlewski | 🇵🇱 Polish Nationals 2010 | 1319 (5.69%) |
| 6–8 Aug 2010 | 10.90 | 15.95 | 🇺🇸 Andrew Nelson | 🇺🇸 United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 | 1751 (7.55%) |
| 27–28 Mar 2010 | 10.93 | 17.05 | 🇬🇧 Simon Crawford | 🇬🇧 Bristol Spring 2010 | 1760 (7.59%) |
| 9–11 Oct 2009 | 10.96 | 15.21 | 🇵🇱 Piotr Michał Padlewski | 🇩🇪 World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 | 1774 (7.65%) |
| 16 Aug 2009 | 12.05 | 14.61 | 🇨🇳 Jianwei Zhu (朱剑伟) | 🇨🇳 Beijing Summer Open 2009 | 2257 (9.73%) |
| 17–19 Jul 2009 | 12.50 | 18.84 | 🇵🇱 Piotr Michał Padlewski | 🇨🇿 Czech Open 2009 | 2451 (10.57%) |
| 25 Oct 2008 | 13.55 | 26.06 | 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Prusak | 🇵🇱 Poznan Open 2008 | 2927 (12.62%) |
| 15–16 Sep 2007 | 13.56 | 19.57 | 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Prusak | 🇵🇱 Polish Open 2007 | 2938 (12.67%) |
| 8 Jul 2007 | 16.45 | 22.85 | 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Prusak | 🇵🇱 Wroclaw Open 2007 | 4439 (19.14%) |
| 24–25 Feb 2007 | 19.46 | 25.98 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇧🇪 Belgian Open 2007 | 6042 (26.05%) |
| 14–15 Oct 2006 | 23.65 | 28.14 | 🇳🇱 Michael Fung | 🇳🇱 Dutch Open 2006 | 8244 (35.54%) |
| 6 May 2006 | 25.04 | 33.42 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇧🇪 Belgian Open 2006 | 8951 (38.59%) |
| 10 Oct 2004 | 25.29 | 33.21 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇳🇱 Dutch Open 2004 | 9063 (39.07%) |
| 10 Oct 2004 | 32.62 | — | 🇬🇧 Mike Godfrey | 🇳🇱 Dutch Open 2004 | 12484 (53.82%) |
| 23–24 Aug 2003 | 41.80 | — | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇨🇦 World Rubik's Games Championship 2003 | 15562 (67.09%) |
| Average | |||||
| 1 Feb 2025 | 3.42 | 4.63 | 🇺🇸 Sameer Aggarwal | 🇺🇸 Cubing in Southern Oregon 2025 | 1 (0.01%) |
| 11 Jan 2025 | 3.73 | 4.69 | 🇺🇸 Sameer Aggarwal | 🇺🇸 Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025 | 1 (0.01%) |
| 21 Sep 2024 | 4.19 | 4.81 | 🇺🇸 Dylan Baumbach | 🇺🇸 Cube More in Ardmore 2024 | 3 (0.02%) |
| 25 Aug 2024 | 4.48 | 4.88 | 🇺🇸 Dylan Baumbach | 🇺🇸 DFW Back to School 2024 | 3 (0.02%) |
| 22 Jul 2023 | 4.58 | 4.91 | 🇺🇸 Max Siauw | 🇺🇸 Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 | 4 (0.02%) |
| 27–30 May 2022 | 4.84 | 5.02 | 🇺🇸 Max Siauw | 🇺🇸 CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 | 4 (0.02%) |
| 12 Dec 2021 | 4.91 | 6.06 | 🇺🇸 Sameer Aggarwal | 🇨🇦 Richmond Open B 2021 | 15 (0.09%) |
| 10–11 Apr 2021 | 5.40 | 6.34 | 🇦🇺 David Epstein | 🇦🇺 Solving in Sale 2021 | 19 (0.11%) |
| 14–15 Dec 2019 | 6.04 | 6.54 | 🇧🇷 Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini | 🇧🇷 Bernô Feet Friendship 2019 | 30 (0.17%) |
| 20–21 Oct 2018 | 5.00 | 6.73 | 🇧🇷 Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini | 🇧🇷 Schoolmark Open 2018 | 38 (0.22%) |
| 12–14 Oct 2018 | 6.21 | 7.02 | 🇩🇰 Rasmus Stub Detlefsen | 🇩🇰 Skottegårdsskolen Open 2018 | 54 (0.31%) |
| 10–12 Aug 2018 | 6.37 | 7.14 | 🇩🇰 Rasmus Stub Detlefsen | 🇩🇰 Dåstrup Sleepover 2018 | 58 (0.33%) |
| 11–13 May 2018 | 6.84 | 7.25 | 🇩🇰 Rasmus Stub Detlefsen | 🇸🇪 Swedish Championship 2018 | 66 (0.38%) |
| 17–18 Mar 2018 | 7.28 | 7.56 | 🇬🇧 Charlie Stark | 🇬🇧 Guildford Open 2018 | 96 (0.55%) |
| 9–10 Dec 2017 | 7.67 | 8.04 | 🇧🇷 Anuar Miguel Abib Onofre | 🇧🇷 Capivara 2017 | 135 (0.78%) |
| 25–26 Nov 2017 | 5.87 | 8.38 | 🇨🇳 Zijia Feng (冯子甲) | 🇨🇳 Jiaozuo Open 2017 | 171 (0.98%) |
| 14 Jan 2017 | 7.31 | 8.45 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Lin (林博浩) | 🇺🇸 Rockville Winter 2017 | 178 (1.02%) |
| 7 Jan 2017 | 7.61 | 9.07 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Lin (林博浩) | 🇺🇸 Clifton Winter 2017 | 265 (1.52%) |
| 24 Sep 2016 | 8.09 | 9.33 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Lin (林博浩) | 🇺🇸 Slow N Steady Fall 2016 | 317 (1.82%) |
| 17 Sep 2016 | 8.79 | 9.75 | 🇺🇸 Ty Marshall | 🇺🇸 Berkeley Summer 2016 | 381 (2.19%) |
| 30 Jan 2016 | 7.37 | 9.90 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Lin (林博浩) | 🇺🇸 Slow N Steady Winter 2016 | 416 (2.39%) |
| 18 May 2014 | 6.96 | 10.21 | 🇨🇳 Bingliang Li (李炳良) | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014 | 470 (2.70%) |
| 5 Aug 2012 | 10.43 | 11.31 | 🇨🇳 Bingliang Li (李炳良) | 🇨🇳 Guiyang Open 2012 | 699 (4.02%) |
| 27 Nov 2011 | 10.11 | 11.33 | 🇨🇳 Bingliang Li (李炳良) | 🇨🇳 Changsha Open 2011 | 706 (4.06%) |
| 1 May 2011 | 10.30 | 11.78 | 🇨🇳 Bingliang Li (李炳良) | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen University 2011 | 795 (4.57%) |
| 3–4 Oct 2010 | 8.65 | 12.37 | 🇨🇳 Bingliang Li (李炳良) | 🇨🇳 Guangdong Open 2010 | 951 (5.46%) |
| 11 Jul 2010 | 11.21 | 12.99 | 🇨🇳 Bingliang Li (李炳良) | 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Big Cubes Competition 2010 | 1136 (6.53%) |
| 29 May 2010 | 12.41 | 14.33 | 🇵🇱 Piotr Michał Padlewski | 🇵🇱 Bialystok Open 2010 | 1540 (8.85%) |
| 16 Aug 2009 | 12.05 | 14.61 | 🇨🇳 Jianwei Zhu (朱剑伟) | 🇨🇳 Beijing Summer Open 2009 | 1622 (9.32%) |
| 20 Jun 2009 | 14.46 | 16.28 | 🇺🇸 Dan Cohen | 🇺🇸 Safe Haven competition 2009 | 2129 (12.23%) |
| 20 Dec 2008 | 15.77 | 16.62 | 🇯🇵 Kazuhito Iimura (飯村数人) | 🇯🇵 Kanazawa Open 2008 | 2254 (12.95%) |
| 27 Jul 2008 | 15.00 | 17.77 | 🇰🇷 Kang Ji-Jon | 🇰🇷 Cheonan Cube Championship 2008 | 2632 (15.12%) |
| 15–16 Sep 2007 | 13.56 | 19.57 | 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Prusak | 🇵🇱 Polish Open 2007 | 3284 (18.87%) |
| 8 Jul 2007 | 16.45 | 22.85 | 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Prusak | 🇵🇱 Wroclaw Open 2007 | 4583 (26.33%) |
| 16–17 Jun 2007 | 23.32 | 24.59 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇺🇸 US Open 2007 | 5245 (30.14%) |
| 28–29 Apr 2007 | 20.59 | 25.82 | 🇭🇺 Mátyás Kuti | 🇩🇪 German Open 2007 | 5731 (32.93%) |
| 24–25 Feb 2007 | 19.46 | 25.98 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇧🇪 Belgian Open 2007 | 5793 (33.29%) |
| 14–15 Oct 2006 | 23.65 | 28.14 | 🇳🇱 Michael Fung | 🇳🇱 Dutch Open 2006 | 6656 (38.24%) |
| 23–24 Sep 2006 | 28.96 | 31.85 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇫🇷 European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 | 8106 (46.58%) |
| 21–22 Apr 2006 | 26.62 | 32.01 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇩🇪 German Open 2006 | 8164 (46.91%) |
| 10 Oct 2004 | 25.29 | 33.21 | 🇧🇪 Lars Vandenbergh | 🇳🇱 Dutch Open 2004 | 8633 (49.60%) |