World Record For Doing A Rubik's Cube While Blindfolded

The Rules

(If you want to break a record that is published in a record book or governed by an international authorithy, there may be other or additional rules. See here for more information. At officiel Rubik's Cube contests, there are different rules for the most cubes solved which include a time restriction.)
  1. Regular Rubik's Cubes should be "mixed up" by the referee and / or the audience. At least two persons should make some moves on each cube. The contestor is not allowed to see their moves.
  2. The contestor has as many time as he / she wishes to study the cubes. When he / she is ready, he / she will be blindfolded by the referee.
  3. From now, no look on the cubes is permitted. The contestants must bring each cube in the original position. He / she can solve the cubes in any order. The audience should not give any information about whether a cube is in the correct position or not.
  4. For a record, all cubes must be fixed, i.e. it would not count to study six cubes, to solve five of them (even if it is done in a row) and to claim a new record for five cubes.

The Records: Most Cubes

1	John White (Great Britain)  1981    
2	Geir Ugelstad (Norway)      18 July 1998
3	Geir Ugelstad (Norway)      14 Dec 1998
	Ralf Laue (Germany)         3 Feb 2001    VIDEO
4	Stefan Pochmann (Germany)   1 Oct 2005
5	Stefan Pochmann (Germany)   Sept 2006
	Constantin Ceausu (Romania) Oct 2006
        Clément Gallet (France)     26 May 2007
6	Rafal Guzewicz (Poland)     Oct 2007
        Olivér Perge (Hungary)      15 Dec 2007
10	Dennis Strehlau (Germany)   Feb 2008
24	Tim Habermaas (Germany)     20 April 2008 VIDEO
32      Marcin Kowalczyk (Poland)   14 Sept 2013  VIDEO
35      Marcin Kowalczyk (Poland)   28 Sept 2013  VIDEO
41      Marcin Kowalczyk (Poland)   16 Nov 2013   VIDEO
48      Shivam Bansal (India)       22 July 2018  VIDEO

Ralf Laue (JPG, 9 kB)
Ralf Laue, solved 3 cubes blindfolded


Graham Siggins (USA) solved 59 cubes out of 60 at the OSU Blind Weekend 2019 competition.

The Records: Fastest Time

5:42 min (*) Ralf Laue (Germany)       11 March 2001
3:56 min     Dror Vomberg (Israel)     23 Aug 2003
3:36.85 min  Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)  10 July 2004
3:10.54 min  Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)  2004
2:57.97 min  Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)  15 January 2005
2:41.54 min  Leyan Lo (USA)            16 April 2005
2:18.58 min  Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)  13 August 2005
1:58.32 min  Tyson Mao (USA)           17 Sept 2005
1:46.47 min  Leyan Lo (USA)            Nov 2005
1:28.82 min  Leyan Lo (USA)            11 March 2006
1:15.60 min  Chris Krueger (USA)       19 May 2007
1:10:23 min  Danyang Chen (China)      15 December 2007
1:00.62 min  Alexander Yu (USA)        22 March 2008
0:54.22 min  Rafal Guzewicz (Poland)    7 June 2008
0:54.06 min  Ville Seppänen (Finnland) 25 Oct 2008
0:52.27 min  Rowe Hessler (USA)        22 Nov 2008
0:48.05 min  Ville Seppänen (Finland)   6 Dec 2008
0:47.22 min  Haiyan Zhuang (China)      2 May 2009
0:45.55 min  Haiyan Zhuang (China)     19 July 2009
0:35.96 min  Haiyan Zhuang (China)     16 Aug 2009
0:35.91 min  Haiyan Zhuang (China)      7 Feb 2010
0:32.27 min  Haiyan Zhuang (China)      7 Feb 2010
0:30.94 min  Haiyan Zhuang (China)      4 April 2010   VIDEO
0:30.90 min  Gabriel Alejandro Orozco
             Casillas (Mexico)          11 Dec 2010    VIDEO
0:30.58 min  Yuhui Xu (China)              Oct 2011    VIDEO
0:28.80 min  Marcell Endrey (Hungary)      Feb 2012    VIDEO
0:27.65 min  Marcell Endrey (Hungary)   29 May 2012    VIDEO
0:26.36 min  Marcell Endrey (Hungary)   13 Oct 2012
0:23.80 min  Marcin Zalewski (Poland)   29 June 2013   VIDEO
0:23.19 min  Marcin Kowalczyk (Poland)  24 August 2014 VIDEO
0:21.17 min  Marcin Kowalczyk (Poland)  30 Nov 2014    VIDEO
0:21.05 min  Kaijun Lin (China)          4 Oct 2015
0:18.50 min  Kaijun Lin (China)          6 Nov 2016    VIDEO
0:18.31 min  Gianfranco Huanqui (Peru)  24 Jun 2017    VIDEO
0:17.87 min  Max Hilliard (USA)         19 Nov 2017    VIDEO
0:17.85 min  Jeff Park (USA)            19 June 2018   VIDEO
0:17.55 min  Max Hilliard (USA)         15 July 2018   VIDEO
0:17.33 min  Jeff Park (USA)            21 July 2018   VIDEO
0:17.20 min  Jeff Park (USA)            22 Sept 2018   VIDEO
0:16.55 min  Max Hilliard (USA)          8 Dec 2018    VIDEO
0:16.22 min  Jack Cai (Australia)        6 April 2019  VIDEO
0:15.50 min  Max Hilliard (USA)          4 Aug 2019    VIDEO

(*) time for memorising the cube not included.

Dror Vomberg and Ralf Laue
The first record holders: Dror Vomberg / Ralf Laue

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