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== World records ==
The world record for the fastest single solve time is 0.43 seconds, set by Teodor Zajder of [[Poland]] at Warsaw Cube Masters 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rankings {{!}} World Cube Association |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/222/single |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.worldcubeassociation.org}}</ref>

The world record average of 5 solves (excluding fastest and slowest) is 0.88 seconds set by [[Yiheng Wang]] (王艺衡) of [[China]] at Hangzhou Open 2024 with the times of (1.26), (0.84), 0.91	0.89, and 0.85 seconds.<ref name="Official Results - 2×2×2 Cube">[[World Cube Association]] [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/222/average Official Results – 2×2×2 Cube].</ref> An average of 0.78 seconds was set by Wang previously with times of 0.74, (0.70), (0.97), 0.78, and 0.81 seconds, but frame-by-frame analysis revealed his use of 'sliding,' a technique breaking several of the World Cubing Association's (WCA) regulations. Yiheng Wang also set a record of 0.86 seconds but got penalized for the same reason After deliberation between the WCA's Board of Directors and WCA Regulations Committee, Wang was retroactively penalized with additional seconds added to four of his solves.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-26 |title=<nowiki>WRC Decisions with Frame by Frame Analysis | World Cube Association</nowiki> |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/posts/wrc-decisions-with-frame-by-frame-analysis |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.worldcubeassociation.org}}</ref>

=== Top 5 solvers by single solve ===
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!Rank!!Name<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rankings {{!}} World Cube Association |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/222/single |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=www.worldcubeassociation.org}}</ref> !! Result !! Competition
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|1|| {{flagicon|Poland}} Teodor Zajder || 0.43s || {{flagicon|Poland}} Warsaw Cube Masters 2023
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|2||{{flagicon|Georgia}} Vako Marchilashvili (ვაკო მარჩილაშვილი)|| 0.44s || {{flagicon|Georgia}} Tbilisi April Open 2024
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|3|| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Connor Johnson|| 0.47s || {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Queenspark O'Clock 2025	
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|4|| {{flagicon|China}} Guanbo Wang (王冠博) || 0.47s || {{flagicon|Australia}} Northside Spring Saturday 2022
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|5|| {{flagicon|Poland}} Maciej Czapiewski || 0.49s || {{flagicon|Poland}} Grudiądz Open 2016
|}

=== Top 5 solvers by [[Olympic average]] of 5 solves===

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!! Name<ref name="Official Results - 2×2×2 Cube"/> !! Result !! Competition !! Times
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|1|| {{flagicon|China}} [[Yiheng Wang]] (王艺衡) || 0.88s || {{flagicon|China}} Hangzhou Open 2024|| (1.26), (0.84), 0.91	0.89, 0.85	
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|2|| {{flagicon|Singapore}} Nigel Phang || 0.90s || {{flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore Skewby March 2025 || 0.80, 1.05. (1.17), 0.85, (0.72)
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|3|| {{flagicon|USA}} Zayn Khanani || 0.92s || {{flagicon|USA}} New-Cumberland County 2024 || 0.84, (2.69), (0.71), 1.04, 0.88
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|4|| {{flagicon|USA}} Sujan Feist || 0.94s || {{flagicon|USA}} Somerset September 2024|| 1.08, (2.17), 0.89, (0.58), 0.85
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|rowspan="2"|5|| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Antonie Paterakis ||rowspan="2| 0.97s || {{flagicon|Spain}} Warm Up Portugalete 2024 || 0.93, 1.05, (0.66), (1.43), 0.92
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| {{flagicon|Poland}} Teodor Zajder|| {{flagicon|Poland}} Energy Cube Białołęka 2024 || 0.96, (1.16), 0.78, (2.30), 0.77
|}