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Cubzor newsMay 15, 2026

Tymon Kolasiński Sets 5×5 World Record Single (29.49) and Average (33.73) at All Rounders Katowice 2026

At All Rounders Katowice I 2026 in Poland, Tymon Kolasiński broke both 5×5 world records with a 29.49 single and 33.73 average.

A 5x5 cube on a speedcubing mat beside a timer and score sheet on a competition table, with a blurred venue background.

Polish speedcuber Tymon Kolasiński set two new 5×5×5 Cube world records at All Rounders Katowice I 2026 in Katowice, Poland, posting a 29.49 single and a 33.73 average under World Cube Association (WCA) competition rules. The WCA competition page lists the event dates as May 1–3, 2026, and the official results highlight both 5×5 marks as world records. (worldcubeassociation.org)

For cubers, it’s a milestone that’s easy to feel: a 5×5 solve starting with a “2” on the WCA clock is no longer hypothetical—it’s official.

What happened in Katowice

All Rounders Katowice I 2026 was a multi-event competition, but the headline came from 5×5. Kolasiński’s official by-person result shows the records came in the first round, with the five-solve set listed as 33.43, 29.49, 33.21, 34.56, 35.52. The page marks both the 29.49 single and the 33.73 average with WR tags. (worldcubeassociation.org)

His WCA profile now lists 29.49 and 33.73 as current 5×5 personal records, each ranked WR / CR / NR. The same profile’s record-history table gives useful context: it shows Kolasiński’s previous WCA 5×5 world-record entries, including a 34.31 average at the Rubik’s WCA World Championship 2025 and earlier single records of 30.45 and 31.60. (worldcubeassociation.org)

Quick refresher: How a 5×5 “average” works

When you see a 5×5 world record average, it’s an Ao5 (average of 5 solves) format:

  • Competitors do five timed solves.
  • The fastest and slowest solves are excluded.
  • The remaining three solves are averaged to produce the round result.

In this record set, the 29.49 was the fastest solve and 35.52 was the slowest, so the average was calculated from 33.43, 33.21, and 34.56. That is why this result matters beyond the sub-30 single: the remaining solves were still fast enough to reset the average record.

Why this is significant (even beyond the headline time)

Breaking a big-cube record isn’t only about turning speed. It’s about combining a few hard-to-perfect pieces of execution:

  • Lookahead and efficiency at higher piece-counts. On 5×5, small hesitations compound quickly. Keeping turning fast without losing track of piece groups is what separates a “fast single” from a record-quality average.
  • Solving under competition pressure. WCA conditions introduce the realities of inspection time, stackmat timing, and a public attempt sequence—very different from a best-case practice solve.
  • Consistency. The Ao5 format rewards solvers who can reproduce near-peak performance multiple times in a row, not just once.

For everyday competitors, this also changes reference points. If you’ve been chasing a sub-1:00 average or a sub-45 average, seeing elite 5×5 times drop into the low 30s is a reminder that the event still has room to move at the top. The practical lesson is not that everyone should copy a world-class turning style; it is that pauses, cube control, and recovery after one unusually fast solve are all part of record-level 5×5.

What to watch next

The official record is already clear. The questions now are about follow-through:

  1. Whether the single record keeps moving. A 29.49 is a large headline because it crosses the sub-30 barrier, but the WCA history on Kolasiński’s profile shows the single record had already been pushed through several steps before this result. (worldcubeassociation.org)
  2. How stable low-30s 5×5 averages become. The 33.73 average matters because it was not carried by the 29.49 alone. After the fastest and slowest solves were removed, the three counting times were clustered in the 33–34 second range. (worldcubeassociation.org)
  3. Whether future competition pages confirm more record attempts from the same field. WCA records are event-by-event and competition-by-competition, so the cleanest way to follow the story is still through official WCA result pages rather than social posts or unofficial rankings.

If you want to dig into the official data, the WCA’s per-person results page for the competition is the easiest place to see the event breakdown and verify the record tags for the weekend. (worldcubeassociation.org)

Key takeaways

  • Tymon Kolasiński set a new 5×5 world record single of 29.49 at All Rounders Katowice I 2026. (worldcubeassociation.org)
  • He also set a new 5×5 world record average of 33.73 at the same competition. (worldcubeassociation.org)
  • Official confirmation and record history are available through WCA competition pages and his WCA profile. (worldcubeassociation.org)