Feliks got his record back in 2018 with a 4.59 solve and broke it again in the same year with a 4.22. He broke Mats Valk’s record in front of his own eyes sitting right beside him at the competition table!įeliks held this record for almost 10 months before it was broken by Patrick Ponce with a 4.69 in 2017, and later in the same year by Korean cuber SeungBeom Cho with a 4.59. Mats Valk broke this record by getting a 4.74 in late 2016 but just a month later, Feliks Zemdegs broke his record marginally by getting a 4.73-second solve in dramatic fashion.
He clocked 4.90 seconds and held that record for a solid year. But sadly for Keaton, this record was broken in the same competition by Lucas Etter with the first sub-5 solve ever recorded in a WCA competition. But later in 2015, Keaton Ellis broke this record with a 5.09-second solve. Mats held on to this record for 2 years till 2015.Ĭollin Burns broke this legendary record with a 5.25-second record in 2015. If you’re a cuber, there is no way you haven’t heard of Feliks Zemdegs! From 2010, Feliks proceeded to dominate the world records for 3x3, starting off with a 7.03 in 2010, then reducing that to a 5.66 second solve in 2011.įeliks held this world record for 2 years till 2013, till Mats Valk broke his record with a 5.55-second record. The arrival of Feliks Zemdegs and Modern Cubing The rest of the year, Shotaro Makisumi proceeded to break his own record 3 times and reduced the world record to 12.11 seconds till April 2004, this record was held for a year and a half till October 2005.įrom 2005 to 2008, the world record was broken multiple times by multiple people till Erik Akkersdijk recorded a 7.08-second solve and held this record for 2 years till the arrival of Feliks Zemdegs. The whole year of 2004 was dominated by Japan’s Shotaro Makisumi, he broke the world record with a 15.07-second solve. There were no more records for the rest of 2003. Unfortunately for Dan Knights, his record was broken on the same day at the same competition by Denmark’s Jess Bonde, with a 16.53 solve. This isn’t a drastic margin considering there were no competitions for around 21 years. There was a competition in Canada in 2003, in which the longest-held world record by Minh Thai was broken by Dan Knights with a 16.71-second solve. Around that time, the competitions started again. The World Cube Association(WCA) was founded in 2004. The credit for this goes to the lack of competitions anywhere in the world and the loss of popularity of the Rubik’s cube. The record by Minh Thai was the only record to be set in the 20th century. Minh Thai managed to hold on to his record for 21 years, till it was broken in 2003.
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