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The best time for restoring the cube in an official championship - The following table gives the world record history:
record holder |
event |
seconds |
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Ronald Brinkmann (Germany) |
West German Championship 1982 |
19 |
|
Robert Pergl (Czechoslovakia) |
Czechoslovakian Championship 1982 | 17.02 | |
Dan Knights (USA) |
World Championship 2003 | 16.71 | |
Jess Bonde (Denmark) |
World Championship 2003 | 16.53 | |
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) | Caltech Winter competition 2004 | 15.07 | |
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) | Caltech Winter competition 2004 | 14.76 | |
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) | Caltech Spring competition 2004 | 13.93 | |
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) | Caltech Spring competition 2004 | 13.89 | |
Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) | Caltech Spring competition 2004 | 12.11 VIDEO |
|
Jean Pons (France) |
Dutch Open 2005 | 11.75 VIDEO |
|
Leyan Lo (USA) |
Caltech Winter competition 2006 | 11.13 VIDEO |
|
Toby Mao (USA) |
US Championship 2006 | 10.48 VIDEO |
|
Edouard Chambon
(France) |
Belgian Open 2007 |
10.36 VIDEO | |
Thibaut Jacquinot (France) | Spanish Open 2007 |
9.86 |
|
Erik Akkersdijk (Netherlands) |
Dutch Open 2007 |
9.77 VIDEO |
|
Ron van Bruchem (Netherlands) | Dutch Championships 2007 | 9.55 |
|
Edouard Chambon
(France) |
Murcia Open 2008 |
9.18 VIDEO |
|
Yu Nakajima (Japan) |
Kashiwa Open 2008 |
8.72 VIDEO |
|
Erik Akkersdijk (Netherlands) | Czech Open 2008 |
7.08 VIDEO |
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Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) |
Melbourne Cube Day 2010 |
7.03 VIDEO |
|
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) | Melbourne Cube Day 2010 |
6.77 VIDEO |
|
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) | Melbourne Summer Open 2011 |
6.65 VIDEO |
|
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) | Kubaroo Open 2011 | 6.24 VIDEO | |
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) | Melbourne Winter Open 2011 |
6.18 VIDEO |
|
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) | Melbourne Winter Open 2011 |
5.66 VIDEO |
|
Mats Valk (Netherlands) |
Zonhoven Open 2013 | 5.55 VIDEO | |
Collin Burns (USA) |
Doylestown Spring 2015 |
5.25 VIDEO |
|
Keaton Ellis (USA) |
River Hill Fall 2015 | 5.09 VIDEO |
|
Lucas Etter (USA) |
River Hill Fall 2015 |
4.90 VIDEO |
|
Mats Valk (Netherlands) | Jawa Timur Open 2016 |
4.74 VIDEO | |
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) | POPS Open, Melbourne 2016 |
4.73 VIDEO |
|
Patrick Ponce (USA) |
Rally in the Valley 2017 |
4.69 VIDEO |
|
SeungBeom Cho (South Korea) | ChicaGhosts 2017 | 4.59 VIDEO |
|
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) | Hobart Summer 2018 |
4.59 VIDEO |
|
Feliks Zemdegs (Australia) | Cube for Cambodia 2018 |
4.22 VIDEO | |
Yusheng Du (China) |
Wuhu Open 2018 |
3.47 VIDEO |
The largest mosaic made from scrambled Rubik's Cubes measured 68 m [220 ft] x 4 m [13 ft]. The mosaic, showing the Macau skyline, was created in December 2012 by Cube Works Studio from 85,794 cubes. It took 90 days from design to completion. VIDEO previous records: The individual record was
a
Christmas tree composed by Bernett Orlando (India) from
2025 cubes in Cologne (Germany) in December 2009 (see
photo, more photos can be found HERE.) The fastest robot to
solve a Rubik's Cube is Sub1 Reloaded,
constructed by Albert Beer (Germany). It solved the cube
in 0.637 seconds on 9 November 2016 at the electronica
trade fair in Munich, Germany VIDEO 0.887 seconds, Sub1, constructed by Albert Beer
(Germany), 23 January 2016 at the Cubikon Store in Munich.
VIDEO The largest Rubik’s Cube solved by a robot is a 9x9x9 cube successfully solved in 34:25.89 minutes by MultiCuber 999, built by David Gilday (UK), on 15 March 2014 at Big Bang Fair in Birmingham. The largest Rubik's Cube was built by Tony Fischer
(UK). It has an edge length of 1.57m. VIDEO The smallest working
Rubik's Cube is 5.7 mm wide. It was created
using a 3D-printer by Evgeniy Grigeriev (Russia). The
miniature cube can be obtained here. The best known algorithm
for solving the cube needs only 20 face turns,
details can be found at cube20.org.
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DETAILS The most expensive Rubik's Cube was the Masterpiece
Cube, produced by Diamond Cutters International in
1995. The actual-size, fully functional cube features 22.5
karats of amethyst, 34 karats of rubies, and 34 karats of
emeralds, all set in 18-karat gold. It has been valued at
about US-$ 1.5 mio. |
4x4x4 CUBEfastest time:
17.42 seconds, Sebastian Weyer (Germany) at the Danish
Open 2019 VIDEO
5x5x5 CUBEfastest time: 34.92
seconds, Max Park (USA) at the Houston Winter tournament
2020 6x6x6 CUBEfastest
time: 1:09.51 min, Max
Park (USA) at the Houston Winter tournament 2020 7x7x7 CUBEfastest
time: 1:40,89 Min, Max Park (USA) at the CubingUSA Nationals
2019 |
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