YiHeng Wang Broke the Rubik's Cube Average Record with 4.36 Seconds

YiHeng Wang (2019WANY36) broke the Rubik's Cube World Record Average with 4.36 seconds, beating his old record of 4.48 on the Philippine Championship 2024 on 6th July, 2024.

The 10-year-old Chinese cuber is currently by far the best 3x3 speedcuber in the World. He's so dominant that this was his 33rd sub-5 average, while the rest of the World has 7 combined. There are only 4 cubers in the World who accomplished a sub-5 average on a competition and there's a 0.38 seconds gap between this new record and the second best on the list, Tymon Kolasiński (4.74).

He even had a sub-4 solve in this event, and there are only 11 cubers who managed to solved the cube under 4 seconds on a competition.

Times: (6.11), (3.97), 4.48, 4.59, 4.02 [The best and worst solves don't contribute to the average]
Cube used: GAN 12 Maglev UV
Competition: Philippine Championship 2024, R1
Location: Cebu City, Philippines, July 6, 2024

YiHeng's Personal records

YiHeng Wang's (王艺衡) best single solve is currently 3.47 seconds which is only the third best time after Max Park (3.13) and Luke Garrett (3.44).

Video

The best video recording of the event was published by his judge, Leo Borromeo the best Philippino cuber (single 4.31, average 5.24, World Rank 10) who has a YouTube channel with 337K followers.

Current 3x3 Average Leaderboard

Reconstruction

Below you'll find the scrambles and the breakdowns of his solves so you can analyze how fast you can solve them with the advanced method.

1. 72 STM / 6.11 = 11.78 TPS [worst]
R2 F2 D' U L R D F U2 F2 U L2 F' D' R U F L
y // insp
↑R' D↑R2' F R U'D L F' U L' // Y cross
R U R' // RB
U L U' L' U L U L' // OG
y' U R U R' y U' L' U L // RG
U2 R' U2' R U' R' U R // OB
R U R' U' R' F R F' R' U2' R U R' U R // OLL-C1
U' U'↑R2' F2 R U2 R U2'·R' F (R R') R U R' U'·R' F R2 // PLL-Gc

2. 50 STM / 3.97 = 12.59 TPS [best]
R D L B2 D L' B F2 R2 B2 L' D R2 U R2 U2 L2 R'
x // insp
U2 L R x U'D2 // W cross
L U L' // GO
U R' U2' R // GR
U2 R U2' R' U' y' R U' R' // BO
U R' U' R // RB
R U R' U R U' R' U' R' F R F' // OLL-W+
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' // PLL-T

3. 53 STM / 4.48 = 11.83 TPS
L2 D' L2 F R' D2 L' F D2 R U L F2 D' L B2 D2
↑L2 D' L' F' U' R' U' R U'D // Y xcross (BR)
R U' R' L' U L // GO
R U R' // GR
y' L F' L' F L' U' L // BO
r U R' U' r' R U R U' R' // OLL-A
U2'↑R2' F2 R U2 R U2'·R' F R U R' U'·R' F R2 U' // PLL-Gc

4. 60 STM / 4.59 = 13.07 TPS
R' F R2 B2 R2 D B D L' B2 D B2 L2 F' D' B F2 D
y z2 // insp
D2 R B' R·U' L U2 L' // P (BO)
U' D' R U' R' D // 223 (GO)
U L F' L' // xxcross
R U2' R' U2 L' U' L // RB
U R U' R' U R U' R' (R R') U R U' R' // RG
U' r U R' U' r' R U R U' R' // OLL-A
U' x' R2 D2 R' U' R D2 R' U R' x // PLL-A+

5. 47 STM / 4.02 = 11.69 TPS
B' R' B' F' L' R F2 L2 D' L2 B' L D2 F R2 F' L2
x // insp
L2'·U R' D B' r // P (GR)
U2' R' F R U' // xcross (GR)
y' R' U' R // BR
y' U R U2' R2' U' R // OB
y U' L' U' L // GO
L F' L' U' L·U F U' L' // OLL-Z-
·R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U2 // PLL-J

STM - Slice Turn Metric, a move is a rotation of a single slice by any multiple of 90°.
TPS - Turns Per Second during an algorithm or a solve.