Yiheng Wang achieved a new Rubik's Cube World Record Average of 4.36 seconds, surpassing his previous record of 4.69 seconds by 0.33 seconds. This milestone was accomplished at the Philippine Championship 2024, an official WCA event held on July 6th, 2024.
During official competitions, each round consists of five solves. The fastest and slowest solves are discarded, and the average of the remaining three solves determines the result.
Official Ranking can be found on the WCA Website: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/333/average
This video shows animated reconstructions of the solves.
Scrambles:
The Scrambles used for the World Record Average was:
- U F2 R2 F2 B2 D' L2 R2 B' U2 F D R U2 F' B' D' R' D2 L
- R2 U' B2 D2 F2 B2 D' L2 B R' L U' B2 U2 R B' U' B' D' B
- F2 L2 F2 R2 U' L2 D' F2 D2 B2 L F' L' R' D2 B2 D F' R F L2
- D L2 R2 U' B2 R2 U' L2 D' F2 L B L' R B R2 F D' F2 L U2 F'
- L2 F2 R2 D' B2 U' F2 D L2 F2 R U2 F' L' R2 F' D2 B2 R F2 D