History of World Records/3BLD

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This is a list of all WCA World Records for the 3x3x3 BLD event, with links to videos, discussion threads, and reconstructions when possible. You can see other info at the WCA's historical world record list.

Result	Name	Country	Competition	Result Details	Videos	Discussion	Puzzle Brand	Reconstruction
21.17	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	PLS Szczecin 2014
23.19	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	Bydgoszcz Summer 2014
23.68	Marcin Zalewski	Poland	SLS Chorzow 2014		[1] [2]	[3]		[4]
23.80	Marcin Zalewski	Poland	Polish Nationals 2013		[5] [6]	[7]		[8]
26.36	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Euro 2012		[9] [10]	[11] [12]	Stickerless Dayan Zhanchi	[13]
27.65	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Zune Open 2012		[14] [15]	[16]	Stickerless Dayan GuHong	[17]
28.80	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Zonhoven Open 2012		[18]	[19]	Stickerless Dayan Zhanchi	[20]
30.58	Yuhui Xu	China	Suzhou Open 2011		[21]	[22]
30.90	Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas	Mexico	Tulancingo Open 2010		[23]	[24] [25]		[26]
30.94	Haiyan Zhuang	China	Xi'an Spring 2010		[27] same video [28]	[29]
32.27	Haiyan Zhuang	China	Shanghai Winter 2010		[30] [31]	[32]		[33]
35.91	Haiyan Zhuang	China	Shanghai Winter 2010			[34]
35.96	Haiyan Zhuang	China	Beijing Summer Open 2009		[35]	[36]		[37]
45.55	Haiyan Zhuang	China	Hong Kong Open 2009		[38]	[39]
47.22	Haiyan Zhuang	China	Beijing Metropolis Open 2009		[40]	[41] [42]
48.05	Ville Seppänen	Finland	Swedish Cube Day 2008		[43]	[44]
54.06	Ville Seppänen	Finland	Tampere Open 2008			[45]
54.22	Rafał Guzewicz	Poland	Polish Open 2008		[46]	[47]
1:00.62	Alexander Yu	USA	Princeton Open 2008		[48]	[49] [50]
1:10.27	Danyang Chen	China	Beijing Open 2007
1:15.60	Chris Krueger	USA	Canadian Open 2007		[51]	[52]		[53]
1:28.82	Leyan Lo	USA	Chattahoochee 2006		[54]	[55]
1:46.47	Leyan Lo	USA	World Championship 2005
1:58.32	Tyson Mao	USA	Northern CA 2005		[56]	[57]
2:18.58	Shotaro Makisumi	Japan	Caltech Dallas 2005		[58]
2:41.54	Leyan Lo	USA	Caltech Spring 2005
2:57.97	Shotaro Makisumi	Japan	Caltech Winter 2005			[59]
3:10.54	Shotaro Makisumi	Japan	Caltech Fall 2004
3:36.85	Shotaro Makisumi	Japan	US Nationals 2004
3:56.00	Dror Vomberg	Israel	World Championship 2003

Average

Result	Name	Country	Competition	Result Details	Videos	Discussion	Puzzle Brand	Reconstruction
25.45	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	Berlin Summer Cube Day 2015	25.88 29.22 21.24
26.41	Kaijun Lin	China	Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015	26.14 29.11 23.97
26.72	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	Grudziadz Open 2015	27.55 26.16 26.44
27.51	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	PLS Szczecin 2014	32.32 21.17 29.04
27.63	Kabyanil Talukdar	India	Asian Championship 2014	31.19 25.78 25.93
27.74	Kaijun Lin	China	Guangdong Open 2014	29.47 27.63 26.11
28.43	Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)	China	Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014	24.33 32.72 28.23	[60]	[61]
28.87	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	GLS Autumn Reda 2013	32.22 24.71 29.69	[62]	[63]
29.61	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Slovenian Open 2013	29.66 27.75 31.43	[64]	[65]	DaYan GuHong
29.63	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Zune Open 2012	29.30 31.94 27.65	[66]	[67]	Stickerless DaYan GuHong
33.02	Haiyan Zhuang	China	Xi'an Spring 2010	31.81 30.94 36.30	[68]
49.35	Yuhui Xu	China	Guangdong Open 2009	52.63 44.88 50.55
1:06.05	Alexander Yu	USA	Princeton Open 2008	1:12.08 1:00.62 1:05.46	[69] [70] [71]	[72]
1:33.62	Alexander Yu	USA	Kearny Kardinal 2008	1:47.11 1:26.27 1:27.49
1:35.74	Leyan Lo	USA	US Open 2007	1:27.69 1:47.77 1:31.75
1:43.79	Leyan Lo	USA	San Diego 2006	1:38.75 1:51.71 1:40.92
1:51.68	Leyan Lo	USA	Chattahoochee 2006	2:18.62 1:47.59 1:28.82
2:21.46	Tyson Mao	USA	Northern CA 2005	2:37.51 2:28.54 1:58.32
2:59.29	Leyan Lo	USA	Caltech Spring 2005	2:41.54 3:13.63 3:02.70