--- description: It only took him 5.25 seconds title: Watch This Kid Solve a Rubik's Cube in 5.25 Seconds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Kid Solve a Rubik's Cube in 5.25 Seconds by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2015 12:01 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2015 12:01 PM CUT A teenager has beaten the world record for fastest solution of a 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube, completing the puzzle in just 5.25 seconds. Although the World Cube Association (WCA) has not yet updated its website, it [confirmed](http://mashable.com/2015/04/26/world-record-rubiks-cube/?utm%5Fcampaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm%5Fcid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fsource=feedly "undefined") to _Mashable_ that the young man, Collin Burns, is the new record-holder. Burns completed the task at an official WCA event in Doylestown, Penn. The previous champion was Mats Valk of the Netherlands, who unscrambled a cube in 5.55 seconds. \[[_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2015/04/26/world-record-rubiks-cube/?utm%5Fcampaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm%5Fcid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fsource=feedly "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_Watch This Man Solve the World’s Hardest Rubik’s Cube Very Quickly_](http://time.com/3651963/17x17x17-rubiks-cube-timelapse/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3836341/rubiks-cube-record-5-25-seconds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3836341/rubiks-cube-record-5-25-seconds/"},"headline":"Watch This Kid Solve a Rubik's Cube in 5.25 Seconds","datePublished":"2015-04-27T12:01:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:09.728Z","description":"Collin Burns broke the world record","url":"https://time.com/3836341/rubiks-cube-record-5-25-seconds/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3836341/rubiks-cube-record-5-25-seconds/","name":"Watch This Kid Solve a Rubik's Cube in 5.25 Seconds"}}]}] ```