| Place | Result | Name | Quote | Date |
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| 1 | 1 hour 30 minutes | Andrew Nelson | I didn't realize this was a record. I bought one at the swap meet, because I wanted to try it, and took it home and just figured it out. I kinda figured out commutators myself. The f2l took me 30 minutes, and the last layer was the hardest. | 20060130 |
| 2 | 1 hour 45 minutes | Eunice Michelle S. Mundo | I never knew that this is some kind of a record. Well when I first saw the cube I like it so much and wanted to solve it. I am now using the Fridrich method and I am currently sub40[I'm so slow :'(]. | 20080501 |
| 3 | 1 hour 58 minutes | Bradley Cook | Woah. I'm only thirteen and it took me only an hour and 58 mins before solving it - afterwords i got angry cause i couldn't solve it again for a couple days | 20071016 |
| 4 | 2 hours | Milton Thomas | I bought it at wonder works and just sat down for the 2 hours on my parents bed and solved it. | 20050429 |
| 4 | 2 hours | Michael LaRoque | I bought it and could just do it. | 20070320 |
| 6 | 3 hours | Joseph Liao | felt proud, until I really learned how to cube constantly! | 200409 |
| 6 | 3 hours | Alex Seidler | I don't know the exact time but it was solved at 10:30 and I started around 7:30ish. this was before I knew a method, just figuring it out. the way I solved it is similar to the method in the booklet that comes with new cubes. | 20070618 |
| 8 | 4 hours | Tony Snyder | I bought the cube at about 4pm in June of 1980. Then I spent 2 hours studying it and making notes (not trying to solve it). Then at about 11pm I picked it up again and attempted to solve it. By 1am I had it solved. (Total 2 hours or 4 hours depending on how you want to count it.) Within a week I was averaging 1.5 minutes. Within two weeks I was averaging 50 seconds. Within 2 years I was averaging 20 seconds using strictly my own algorithms and no computer to help. I missed out on the First World Championships through a combination of mishaps. Then, within 4 years I was averaging 15.5 seconds. Now, 22 years later my fingers are slow and fumble a lot, so I'm making up for that with a better algorithm, averaging about 20 seconds. | 20030507 |
| 9 | 5 hours | Robbie Hooke | n/a | 20070824 |
| 10 | 7 hours | Ben Hartkopp | I got my first cube late at night and didn't play with it till the next day. Then I tried to solve it and got the first two layers within 2 hours. And when I went to school I solved it during french class in school. The time that I effecively worked on the cube was about 6 to 7 hours without any help. Now after 3 months I average about 54 seconds using my method only. | 20070601 |
| 11 | 8 hours | Richard Shu | Bought it before a party and tried to solve it. Was so happy when i solved it. | 20070319 |
| 11 | 8 hours | Alex Sandell | well i got the cube in the afternoon. my parents scrambled it up and the race began.it took me about 6 hours to get the F2L. during the F2L i was learning how the coube worked.Then about another 2 for the last layer which was the most difficult for me.i had a great time but it got me started and now i cant stop but i consider it a good thing. | 20070825 |
| 13 | 11 hours | Hugh Hill | Got it one day at 3:45 p.m. and played with it until about 12:00 a.m. (the same night), then I went to bed then also. Played with it when I woke up (11:00 a.m) and solved it at 1:45p.m | 20070410 |
| 14 | 12 hours | Danny Pflughoeft | I tell people it took me 8 hours to solve it my first time, because I got it Christmas day, and there were short periods of time in which I'd put it down and open presents, or eat cake. My parents thought I had taken the stickers off, so to prove it to them I let them mix it up and solved it again (it took me about another hour O_o). | 20060411 |
| 15 | 14 hours | Eric Dostie | Got it for Christmas this year and was glued to it throughout the day and solved in the next afternoon. Oh Rubik's cube, how I heart thee. | 20030812 |
| 16 | 16 hours 40 minutes | Jay Woo | I was in a math camp and I wanted to solve it really bad and I did it non stop except for food. | 20071112 |
| 17 | 17 hours | Jeremy Salter | My girlfriend came over on a friday. While I was getting the phone she pulled out my brothers old rubik's cube and started playing with it. I finished with my conversation, and upon noticing it persuaded it from her. Subsequently following that I was unseparable from it.(From 4:30 to 1:30 AM. Except for sleep, and my girlfriend beating it away from me.) The next day I played from the time I woke up till about 7 P.M. (Went in 6 Hour shifts, stopping for food and bathroom). I think that's pretty determined for being 16.
I'm unique! Just like everyone else! | 20040802 |
| 18 | 24 hours | Stefan Yap | Wow didn't know this was a type of record. | 20080114 |
| 19 | 36 hours | Taylor Howell | n/a | 20070807 |
| 20 | 4 days | Andy Bellenir | Fun, Fun, Fun | 20050722 |
| 21 | 6 days | Ross Palmer | I'm not sure that I'm the first to do this, but who cares? | 199806 |
