The official Rubik's Cube world record has been broken again 🏆 but this time, not the single (fastest) solve, but the average world record. 11-year-old Yiheng Wang is the first person ever to achieve an average under 4 seconds (Sub-4), which is an absolutely superhuman performance, breaking his own 4.03 seconds record he just set in April. For example, in 2008, the world record average was still over 10 seconds. So there has been significant progress since then.
In recent years, this young speedcuber has been dominating the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube event to an unbelievable degree. There are more than 200,000 cube competitors, and even so, if we look at the top 100 averages ever achieved, 70 out of the 100 belong to Yiheng Wang - so his name fills most of the top 100 list.
Interestingly, Yiheng Wang's best single solve is 3.06 seconds, which is just one hundredth of a second shy of the current world record of 3.05, held by 7-year-old Xuanyi Geng.
Statistics
His new world record average is 3.91 seconds, set at the Lishui Open 2025 competition. His five solves were 4.17, 3.74, 3.70, 3.81 and 4.93 seconds. The fastest (3.70) and slowest (4.93) were dropped, resulting in the official record average.
| Competition | Lishui Open 2025 |
| Cube used | Moyu Super Weilong V2 |
| Method | CFOP |
| Times | 4.17, 3.74, (3.70), 3.81, (4.93) |
On Reddit, many cubers reacted with awe, calling his performance "insane" and "unbelievable." One top comment praised his mental composure and calm demeanor, even with cameras and pressure all around. Others highlighted how natural and confident he looked, noting that it's rare to see such composure in someone so young.
| # | Name | Result | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) | 3.91 | China |
| 2 | Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) | 4.32 | China |
| 3 | Yufang Du (杜昱方) | 4.59 | China |
| 4 | Tymon Kolasiński | 4.67 | Poland |
| 5 | Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) | 4.84 | China |
| 6 | Max Park | 4.86 | USA |
| 6 | Teodor Zajder | 4.86 | Poland |
| 8 | Luke Garrett | 4.94 | USA |
| 8 | Zhaokun Li (李昭昆) | 4.94 | China |
| 10 | Bofan Zhang (张博藩) | 4.98 | China |
Several users also pointed out that Yiheng was already solving faster than most of the world's best with his warmup solves, and that he seems far from peaking. In fact, some believe that a sub-3.8 average could happen in the near future if he continues progressing at this pace.
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What makes all of this truly astonishing is that Yiheng Wang uses the Friedrich method, which already has more efficient alternatives, but those require significantly more algorithms.
Yiheng, however, easily compensates with his recognition and turning speed. Even in this record average, all of his solves were between 45 and 64 moves, but he can turn 12 - 15 moves per second, so he was easily able to make up for it.
| Solve | Moves (STM) | Time (s) | TPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | 4.17 | 11.51 |
| 2 | 51 | 3.74 | 13.64 |
| 3 | 58 | 3.70 | 15.68 |
| 4 | 45 | 3.81 | 11.81 |
| 5 | 64 | 4.93 | 12.98 |
48STM /4.17=11.51TPS
U' F R2 U L2 F D L D2 U2 B U' R F' U R B2
z2 x // insp
↑D...D0 D r2' D B' x· // W P (BO)
L F' U' L' // xcross
R U' R' // GO
U' L' U2 L U' L' U L // GR
d' U' R' U' R // BR (2.142)
U' R U R' U R' F R F' R U2' R' // OLL-Y+ (1.125)
U x'· R2 D2 R' U' R D2 R'...U R' x U // PLL-A+ (0.867)
51STM /3.74=13.64TPS
B2 U' B U B2 R2 D R' U2 F2 U' B' L' U' L2 R2 F2 U
x' // insp
U2 R D L2' x'· U2 D↓R // W xcross (GO)
L' U' L // BO
y U2' R' F R F' R U R' // GR
U' L' U L // RB (1.700)
U2 r' U r2 U' r2' U' r2 U r' // OLL-R- (1.033)
U R' U' F' R U R' U'·R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' U R // PLL-F (0.842)
58STM /3.70=15.68TPS
B L2 R2 U2 L2 U L2 R' F' L' B2 D B' R2 U' R2 B' U'
x z2 // insp
UD r F' R2' // W cross
U'·R' U' R // BO
y' U (...L⅔' L⅔) L' U' L // BR
R' U' R y U' L' U' L // RG
R U R' U R' F R F' // GO (1.617)
U R U R' U R' F R F' R U2' R' // OLL-Y+ (0.592)
U F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F' // PLL-Y (0.683 WB)
45STM /3.81=11.81TPS
U2 F2 U R D' B' D2 R' B2 U2 F2 L2 B' L2 F' U B U2
y // insp
↑ U L D' U2'↑B2 R' DU' R // Y xcross (GR)
F' U'↓F // RB
·L U L' // OG
y U R U' R' U d...R' U' R // OB (2.342)
U2'↓f R U R' U' f' // OLL(CP)-P+ (0.358)
R U R' U R' U' R2 U' R' U R' U R U' // EPLL-U- (0.592)
64STM /4.93=12.98TPS
L2 R B2 U B2 L B2 F2 D R U2 R F L2 B' U L' U'
z2 y // insp
F'↑U R2' B' R // W pscross
L' U' L D' // xcross (GR)
U2 R' U' R L' U L // OG
y L' U L...U' R U R' // RB
U' L' U L U' L' U L2 F' L' F // BO (2.300)
r' U2' R U R' U' R U R' U r // OLL-E- (0.650)
U R U' R' U'↓R U R D R' U' (D' D) R D'...R' U2 R' U // PLL-Ra (1.275)
It's also worth noting that his consistency is unmatched. While this is the first ever official sub-4 average, Yiheng has come close many times before, with several official averages just above 4 seconds. He often sets national and continental records even when he's not at his absolute best, showing that this record was no fluke - just the natural next step in his dominance.