10 year old speedcuber YiHeng Wang (2019WANY36) broke the Rubik's Cube Average World Record with 4.25 seconds on Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 competition on August 25, 2024.
He shattered his previous record of 4.36 seconds , he set in July, which itself had surpassed his 4.48-second record from 2023. The new record is almost half a second faster than Tymon Kolasiński's 4.74 average, further proving his absolute dominance in speedcubing.
YiHeng's statistics in August 2024
It's important to mention that at the same competition Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) brok the Pyraminx average WR with 1.27 seconds.
Reconstruction
YiHeng's 5 solves had 2 sub-4 and an exact 4-second solutions:
4.76, 3.98, 4.81 (slowest), 4.00, 3.96 (fastest)
Generated by the online iFrame generator.
1. L2 U R2 B2 L2 F2 U' F2 L2 U2 F' U L' U' L' R F U L2 U - 4.76
x' // inspection
r R2' F' D R // cross
U' L U L' // 1st pair
U' d' R U2' R' U R' F R F' // 2nd pair
y' U' R U R' // 3rd pair
U' L F' L' F U' U U2' L' U2 L // 4th pair
U' L' U' L U' L' U2 L // OLL
R U' R' U' R U R D R' U' R D' R' U2 R' // PLL
2. D' U' B2 L2 U L2 F2 D L2 U' R F D' F L U' R2 D' U' L D' - 3.98
x y2 // inspection
U2 l D2 F R // cross
u L U L' D' // 1st pair
R U' R' U R U' R' // 2nd pair
U L' U L2 U' L2' // 3rd pair
U2 L U' L' U L // 4th pair
U' F R U R' U' F' // OLL(CP)
U R2' U R U R' U' R3 U' R' U R' U' // EPLL
3. B2 U2 L2 B2 D' B2 U' F2 U R2 B' D L2 R' B2 L2 U2 B2 U R' D2 - 4.81
D2 U' R2' L // cross
U L' U L U' R U R' // 1st pair
U R' U R d U R U' U' R' // 2nd pair
y' R U R' // 3rd pair
L F' L' F U' L' U L // 4th pair
L' U' L U L F' L' F U' r' U2' R U R' U r // EO/OLL
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' U' // PLL
4. L2 R2 U2 F2 U' L2 D' L2 R2 U' L' F' U' F' U' L2 R D2 R2 B' R2 - 4.00
x' // inspection
R' D2 U' r' // cross
U' R' U R // 1st pair
L U L2' U' L // 2nd pair
U' R U R' U' L U' L' // 3rd pair
R U R2' F R F' R U' R' // 4th pair
U' r U R' U' r' F R F' // OLL
U L' U' L F L' U' L U L F' L2' U L U // PLL
5. L2 R2 U' B2 D2 B2 F2 D L2 F2 L' D2 U L B' U2 B' R' D' F R' - 3.96
x' z2 // inspection
U' R2 D2 r' // cross
U R U R' L' U L // 1st pair
U R U' R' // 2nd pair
U R' U R U' L U L' // 3rd pair
U' R' U R U R' U' R // 4th pair
U2 L' U R U' L U R' // OLL
U x R2' D2 R U R' D2 R U' R // PLL
Predictions
The new record is just a quarter of a second shy of a 4 flat second average, sparking speculation among speedcubers about which milestone will be reached first: a sub-4 average or a lucky sub-3 official single.
Current Single Record
In WCA Rubik's Cube competitions, the single record refers to the fastest time achieved in a single solve, showcasing the best individual performance, while the average record is calculated by taking the average of the middle three times from a set of five solves (after discarding the fastest and slowest times), providing a more consistent measure of overall skill.
The current single record of 3.13 seconds, set by Max Park in June 2023, still stands.