History of World Records/5BLD

This is a list of all WCA World Records for the 5x5x5 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
2:38.77	Stanley Chapel	USA	WCA World Championship 2019		[1]	[2]	Aochuang GTS M
2:48.19	Stanley Chapel	USA	Bulldog Qualifier 2019		[3]	[4]	Aochuang GTS M
2:49.42	Stanley Chapel	USA	Oregon Championship 2019		[5]	[6]	Aochuang GTS M
3:01.01	Stanley Chapel	USA	Shaker Fall 2018		[7]	[8]	Cubicle Wushuang M
3:34.41	Stanley Chapel	USA	Flag City Fall 2018		[9]	[10]	Cubicle Wushuang M
3:40.84	Stanley Chapel	USA	OSU Blind Weekend 2018			[11]
3:45.42	Stanley Chapel	USA	CubingUSA Nationals 2018		[12]	[13]
3:46.56	Kaijun Lin	China	Singapore Championship 2018			[14]
3:47.50	Kaijun Lin	China	Beijing Open 2017		[15]	[16]
4:10.00	Kaijun Lin	China	Nanchang Spring 2017			[17]
4:11.93	Kaijun Lin	China	Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017		[18]	[19]		[20]
4:42.06	Roman Strakhov	Russia	Finnish Championship 2016		[21]	[22]
4:46.74	Kaijun Lin	China	Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016		[23]	[24]
4:55.63	Roman Strakhov	Russia	SPB Championship 2016
5:01.40	Roman Strakhov	Russia	PSU Open 2016		[25] [26]	[27]
5:01.85	Roman Strakhov	Russia	VSU Open 2016		[28]	[29]
5:04.81	Roman Strakhov	Russia	MPEI Open 2015		[30]	[31]
5:18.65	Roman Strakhov	Russia	CCC End of Summer 2015
5:35.84	Oliver Frost	United Kingdom	Welcome Back to Guildford 2015		[32]	[33]	MoYu
5:39.10	Grzegorz Jałocha	Poland	Bydgoszcz Summer 2014		[34]	[35]	ShengShou	[36]
5:56.56	Oliver Frost	United Kingdom	Welcome to Cambridge 2014		[37]	[38]	ShengShou
6:06.41	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	World Championship 2013			[39] [40]	ShengShou
6:26.86	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Czech Open 2013		[41]	[42]	ShengShou
6:34.83	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Austrian Open 2013		[43]	[44]	ShengShou
6:44.77	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Zune Open 2012		[45]	[46][47]	ShengShou
7:05.68	Daniel Sheppard	United Kingdom	Rapid Dash Open 2012		[48]	[49]	ShengShou
7:59.16	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Austrian Open 2012			[50]
9:48.58	Ville Seppänen	Finland	Kirkkonummi Open 2011		[51]	[52]	V-Cube
10:03.00	Ville Seppänen	Finland	Helsinki Open 2011		[53]	[54]
10:25.00	Ville Seppänen	Finland	Finnish Open 2010		[55]	[56]
14:42.00	Chester Lian	Malaysia	Cat and Mouse 2010
15:22.00	Chris Hardwick	USA	Washington DC Open 2008			[57]
17:22.00	Chris Hardwick	USA	Chattahoochee Spring 2008
19:55.00	Chris Hardwick	USA	Chattahoochee 2007
26:19.00	Chris Hardwick	USA	G-Wiz Fall 2006
28:28.00	Chris Hardwick	USA	US Nationals 2006			[58]
55:21.00	Chris Hardwick	USA	Chattahoochee 2006			[59]
2:34:36.00	Stefan Pochmann	Germany	Euro 2004

Average

Result	Name	Country	Competition	Result Details	Videos	Discussion	Puzzle Brand	Reconstruction
18.28	Max Hilliard	USA	Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019	17.30 19.45 18.10	[60]		Moyu Weilong GTS
19.79	Jake Klassen	Canada	National Capital Region 2019	17.52 23.25 18.61	[61]		Moyu Weilong GTS3LM
20.12	Max Hilliard	USA	PDX Cubing for Causes 2019	22.57 18.46 19.33	[62]	[63]	Moyu Weilong GTS
20.29	Max Hilliard	USA	Please Be Quiet Berkeley 2018	18.23 18.46 24.18	[64]	[65]	Moyu Weilong GTS
20.34	Jeff Park	USA	DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018	20.11 23.58 17.33	[66]	[67]	Moyu Weilong GTS
21.24	Kaijun Lin	China	Please Be Quiet Beijing 2018	18.77 21.54 23.40		[68]
22.36	Angelo Zhang	United States	Longhorn Cube Day 2017	23.18 23.17 20.73		[69]
22.67	Ishaan Agrawal	United States	6.25 Bay Area 2017	22.67 24.14 21.21	[70]	[71]
23.21	Kaijun Lin	China	Nanchang Spring 2017	22.28 21.95 25.39		[72]
24.12	Gianfranco Huanqui	Peru	Aventura Cúbica III - 2017	27.19 22.72 22.45	[73]	[74]
24.38	Kaijun Lin	China	Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016	25.40 18.50 29.24		[75]
24.65	Kaijun Lin	China	Asian Championship 2016	24.51 23.56 25.89		[76]
24.72	Kaijun Lin	China	Hefei Open 2016	26.30 24.21 23.65	[77]	[78]
24.97	Kaijun Lin	China	One Night in Beijing 2016	24.15 22.98 27.78	[79]	[80]
25.21	Gianfranco Huanqui	Peru	Torneo Nacional Colombia 2016	25.78 23.98 25.88	[81]	[82]
25.45	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	Berlin Summer Cube Day 2015	25.88 29.22 21.24	[83]	[84]
26.41	Kaijun Lin	China	Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015	26.14 29.11 23.97		[85]
26.72	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	Grudziadz Open 2015	27.55 26.16 26.44	[86]	[87]
27.51	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	PLS Szczecin 2014	32.32 21.17 29.04	[88]	[89] [90]
27.63	Kabyanil Talukdar	India	Asian Championship 2014	31.19 25.78 25.93	[91]	[92]
27.74	Kaijun Lin	China	Guangdong Open 2014	29.47 27.63 26.11	[93]	[94]
28.43	Kaijun Lin	China	Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014	24.33 32.72 28.23	[95]	[96]
28.87	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	GLS Autumn Reda 2013	32.22 24.71 29.69	[97]	[98]
29.61	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Slovenian Open 2013	29.66 27.75 31.43	[99]	[100]	DaYan GuHong
29.63	Marcell Endrey	Hungary	Zune Open 2012	29.30 31.94 27.65	[101]	[102]	Stickerless DaYan GuHong
33.02	Haiyan Zhuang	China	Xi'an Spring 2010	31.81 30.94 36.30	[103]
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	[104] [105] [106]	[107]
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