Timofei Tarasenko Breaks 5x5 World Record Average with 33.19

Timofei Tarasenko has broken yet another World Record, this time recording an incredible 33.19 5x5 average.

Tarasenko's five solves were:

• 35.42

• 31.87

• (37.15)

• (30.90)

• 32.28

With the fastest and slowest solves removed, his counting times of 35.42, 31.87 and 32.28 produced a new World Record average of 33.19 seconds.

The result continues an extraordinary run of big-cube performances from Tarasenko and comes only days after he broke the 6x6 World Record mean with 1:01.76.

Breaking Tymon Kolasiński's 33.73 World Record

The previous 5x5 World Record average was 33.73, held by Tymon Kolasiński.

Tarasenko has now lowered that record by 0.54 seconds, a significant improvement at the very top level of 5x5.

His average also contained an exceptionally fast 30.90, which was removed as the fastest solve and therefore didn't even contribute towards the final 33.19 average.

Instead, Tarasenko needed to average 33.19 across his three counting solves of 35.42, 31.87 and 32.28.

The 35.42 is particularly interesting. Even with a counting solve more than two seconds slower than the eventual average, the strength of his 31.87 and 32.28 was enough to take the World Record.

A 30.90 Hidden Inside the Average

Although it doesn't count towards the final average, Tarasenko's 30.90 demonstrates just how close elite 5x5 solving is getting to another significant milestone.

The current 5x5 World Record single is 29.49, meaning official sub-30 5x5 solving has already arrived.

Tarasenko himself has previously recorded a 30.79 official single, and he has now come extremely close again with 30.90 during his World Record average.

More importantly for the average record, two of his five solves were below 32 seconds.

Replacing the 35.42 counting solve with another time around that level would have resulted in an average approaching 32 seconds.

Another World Record for Tarasenko

What makes the 33.19 particularly remarkable is the context in which it has happened.

Tarasenko has been on an extraordinary World Record run across the larger cubes.

At Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, he broke the 6x6 World Record mean with:

1:02.64 / 1:01.63 / 1:01.00 = 1:01.76

He has also recently broken the 7x7 World Record, an event in which he has pushed both the single and mean to an extraordinary level.

Now he has added the 5x5 World Record average to the list.

Tarasenko has therefore established himself at the very top of several big-cube events at the same time, with World Record-level performances stretching across 5x5, 6x6 and 7x7.

From 34.55 to 33.19

The improvement is even more impressive when compared with Tarasenko's previous official personal best.

Earlier in 2026, his 5x5 average stood at 34.55, already placing him among the very fastest 5x5 solvers in the world.

He has now jumped directly from 34.55 to 33.19, an improvement of 1.36 seconds.

His progression across the big cubes has been remarkably rapid, and the 5x5 World Record means there is now another event where everyone else is chasing Tarasenko.

How Much Faster Can 5x5 Get?

The new World Record leaves 5x5 in an interesting position.

The single has already gone below 30 seconds, while the average has now reached 33.19. Tarasenko's individual times within this very average show that substantially faster results are already possible.

His fastest three solves were 30.90, 31.87 and 32.28. Those three times alone average approximately 31.68 seconds.

Of course, an official average of five requires consistency across the whole set rather than simply picking the fastest three. But it demonstrates the level of speed Tarasenko is already capable of producing.

A sub-33 World Record average now looks extremely realistic — and with performances like this, even a sub-32 average no longer seems impossibly far away.

For now, though, the new benchmark for official 5x5 solving is 33.19 seconds, and Timofei Tarasenko has added yet another World Record to an extraordinary 2026.