Editing Professor's Cube (section)

==World records==
The world record for fastest 5×5×5 solve is 30.45 seconds, set by [[Tymon Kolasiński]] of [[Poland]] on November 4, 2024, at Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024, in [[Putrajaya|Putrajaya, Malaysia]].<ref name="Official Results - 5x5x5 Cube">[[World Cube Association]] [https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/6095/rounds/82103 Official Results - 5x5x5 Cube]</ref>  
 
The world record for fastest average of five solves (excluding fastest and slowest solves) is 34.76 seconds, set by [[Max Park]] of the [[United States]] on July 18th, 2024, at NAC 2024, in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], with the times of 	(39.71)	35.10	(33.55)	35.44, and 33.75 <ref name="Official Results - 5x5x5 Cube"/>

The record fastest time for solving a 5×5×5 cube blindfolded is 2 minutes, 3.33 seconds (including inspection), set by Stanley Chapel of the [[United States]] on March 15-16th, 2025, at Megaminx on the Madison Isthmus 2025 in [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref name="Official Results - 5x5x5 Blindfolded">[[World Cube Association]] [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/regions.php?regionId=&eventId=555bf&years=&mixed=Mixed Official Results - 5x5x5 Blindfolded]</ref>

The record for mean of three solves solving a 5x5x5 cube blindfolded is 2 minutes, 27.63 seconds (including inspection), set by Stanley Chapel of the [[United States]] on December 15th, 2019 at Michigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019
, with the times of 2:32.48, 2:28.80, and 2:21.62.<ref name="Official Results - 5x5x5 Blindfolded"/>

=== Top 5 solvers by single solve===

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!! Name<ref>[[World Cube Association]] [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/events.php?eventId=555&regionId=&years=&show=100%2BPersons&single=Single Official 5x5x5 Ranking Single]</ref> !! Result !! Competition
|-
|1|| {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Tymon Kolasiński]]         || 30.45s || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} WCA Asian Championship 2024
|-
|2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Max Park]]         || 31.54s || {{flagicon|USA}} Nevada Championship 2025
|-
|3|| {{flagicon|Russia}} Timofei Tarasenko     || 32.98s || {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}}  Central Asian Tour Astana 2025
|-
|4|| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)       || 33.10s || {{flagicon|South Korea}} Daegu Cold Winter 2024
|-
|5|| {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)          || 33.80s || {{flagicon|Japan}} Tokai Open PM 2024
|}

=== Top 5 solvers by average of 5 solves===

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!! Name<ref>[[World Cube Association]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219193629/http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/events.php?eventId=555&regionId=&years=&show=100%2BPersons&average=Average Official 5x5x5 Ranking Average]</ref> !! Result !! Competition !! Times
|-
|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Max Park]]            || 34.76s || {{flagicon|USA}} NAC 2024 || (39.71), 35.10, (33.55), 35.44, 33.75
|-           
|2|| {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Tymon Kolasiński]] || 34.79s || {{flagicon|Poland}} Olsztyn Open 2024 || 34.11, (33.03), (39.24), 35.05, 35.20
|-	    
|3|| {{flagicon|KOR}} Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)    || 37.05s || {{flagicon|KOR}} Please Big Cubes Korea 2025 || 37.06, (42.87), 38.35, (35.63), 35.75
|-
|4|| {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)      || 37.33s || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} WCA Asian Championship 2024 || 39.34, 36.32, (34.27), 36.33, (44.48)
|-   
|5|| {{flagicon|Vietnam}} Đỗ Quang Hưng  || 37.42s || {{flagicon|Vietnam}}  NxN in Hanoi 2025|| 36.68, 37.01, (35.61)	38.57, (39.61)
|}

=== Top 5 solvers by single solve blindfolded ===

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!! Name<ref>[[World Cube Association]] [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/555bf/single]</ref> !! Result !! Competition
|-
|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} Stanley Chapel || 2:03.33 || {{flagicon|USA}} Megaminx Madison Isthmus 2025
|-
|2|| {{flagicon|MYS}} Hill Pong Yong Feng      || 2:18.78 || {{flagicon|KOR}} WCA World Championship 2023
|-
|3|| {{flagicon|UK}} Ryan Eckersley || 2:28.53 || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Cambridge Autumn - BBO 2024
|-
|4|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) || 2:39.12 || {{flagicon|MYS}} Selangor Cube Open 2019
|-
|5|| {{flagicon|SWI}} Ezra Hirschi || 2:45.73 || {{flagicon|GRB}} Sheffield Spring - BBO 2023
|}

=== Top 5 solvers by average of 3 solves blindfolded ===

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!! Name<ref>[[World Cube Association]] [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/555bf/average]</ref> !! Result !! Competition !! Times
|-
|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} Stanley Chapel           || 2.27.63 || {{flagicon|USA}} MCC Epsilon 2019 || 2:32.48, 2:28.80, 2:21.62
|-
|2|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Kaijun Lin (林恺俊)       || 2:49.17 || {{flagicon|MYS}} Selangor Cube Open 2019 || 2:59.09, 2:39.12, 2:49.30
|-
|3|| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Hill Pong Yong Feng             || 3:09.05 || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Slow and Easy Selangor 2024 || 3:15.00, 2:28.17, 3:43.99		
|-
|4|| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Ezra Hirschi           || 3:13.43 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Glasgow Winter - SBO 2024 || 3:00.62, 3:24.37, 3:15.30			
|-
|5|| {{flagicon|UK}} Ryan Eckersley			|| 3:22.95	|| {{flagicon|UK}} Rubik's UK Championship 2024	|| 3:24.64, 3:08.14, 3:36.07	
|}