What is the Rubik’s Cube world record, in seconds?

Gaming medium Data from 2023

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Answer in seconds. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

3 seconds

Roughly 3.1.

The single-solve world record is 3.13 seconds. Top speedcubers memorise hundreds of algorithms and perform around 10 turns per second, inspecting the cube for 15 seconds beforehand.

Where this number comes from

Source World Cube Association
Figure refers to 2023
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Unit seconds

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