People whose very first record (single or average, any event) was a World Record.
| # | Person | Event | Type | Result | Date | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minh Thai | Rubik's Cube | Single | 22.95 | 1982-06-05 | World Championship 1982 |
| 2 | Andy Bellenir | Pyraminx | Single | 14.09 | 2003-08-23 | World Championship 2003 |
| 3 | Dror Vomberg | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Single | 3:56.00 | 2003-08-23 | World Championship 2003 |
| 4 | Jaap Scherphuis | Rubik's Clock | Single | 38.97 | 2003-08-23 | World Championship 2003 |
| 5 | Dan Knights | Rubik's Cube | Single | 16.71 | 2003-08-23 | World Championship 2003 |
| 6 | Kåre Krig | 3x3x3 With Feet | Single | 5:44.32 | 2004-08-07 | Euro 2004 |
| 7 | Mike Godfrey | Square-1 | Single | 32.62 | 2004-10-10 | Dutch Open 2004 |
| 8 | Sunil Pedapudi | Master Magic | Single | 5.16 | 2004-10-16 | Caltech Fall 2004 |
| 9 | Gunnar Kantare Krig | 2x2x2 Cube | Average | 10.87 | 2004-11-27 | Swedish CubeDay 2004 |
| 10 | Micael Hellberg | 2x2x2 Cube | Single | 8.44 | 2004-11-27 | Swedish CubeDay 2004 |
| 11 | Frank Morris | 4x4x4 Cube | Single | 1:08.12 | 2005-01-15 | Caltech Winter 2005 |
| 12 | Ryan Patricio | 3x3x3 One-Handed | Average | 31.59 | 2005-04-16 | Caltech Spring 2005 |
| 13 | Will Arnold | 3x3x3 With Feet | Single | 4:06.68 | 2005-04-16 | Caltech Spring 2005 |
| 14 | Yuki Hayashi (林祐樹) | 4x4x4 Cube | Single | 1:00.38 | 2005-07-10 | Kyoto 2005 |
| 15 | Tyson Mao (毛台勝) | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Single | 1:58.32 | 2005-09-17 | Northern CA 2005 |
| 16 | Anthony Hsu | 2x2x2 Cube | Single | 3.55 | 2006-05-27 | Trumbull 2006 |
| 17 | Toby Mao (毛台立) | Rubik's Cube | Single | 10.48 | 2006-08-04 | US Nationals 2006 |
| 18 | Grzegorz Łuczyna | Pyraminx | Average | 8.46 | 2006-09-16 | Polish Open 2006 |
| 19 | JeongMin Yu (유정민) | Rubik's Cube | Average | 11.76 | 2007-01-07 | KCRC 2007 |
| 20 | Dan Dzoan | 3x3x3 One-Handed | Single | 17.90 | 2007-01-13 | Caltech Winter 2007 |
| 21 | Máté Horváth | Master Magic | Single | 2.02 | 2007-02-24 | Belgian Open 2007 |
| 22 | Chris Dzoan | 3x3x3 One-Handed | Average | 21.15 | 2007-04-14 | Berkeley Spring 2007 |
| 23 | Chris Krueger | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Single | 1:15.60 | 2007-05-19 | Canadian Open 2007 |
| 24 | Danyang Chen (陈丹阳) | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Single | 1:10.27 | 2007-12-15 | Beijing Open 2007 |
| 25 | Keisuke Hiraya (平谷啓輔) | 3x3x3 One-Handed | Average | 20.69 | 2008-01-14 | Kawasaki Open 2008 |
| 26 | Dennis Strehlau | Rubik's Cube: Multiple blind old style | Single | 10/10 1:36:39 | 2008-02-02 | Belgian Open 2008 |
| 27 | Tomasz Kiedrowicz | Pyraminx | Single | 2.83 | 2008-02-24 | Gdansk Open 2008 |
| 28 | Claes Hedin | 6x6x6 Cube | Single | 3:44.84 | 2009-02-07 | Norrköping Open 2009 |
| 29 | Oskar Åsbrink | Rubik's Magic | Single | 0.80 | 2009-08-15 | Kristianstad Open 2009 |
| 30 | Tong Jiang (蒋彤) | 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Single | 15/15 52:01 | 2009-08-16 | Beijing Summer Open 2009 |
| 31 | Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) | Rubik's Magic | Single | 0.83 | 2009-08-16 | Beijing Summer Open 2009 |
| 32 | Yuhui Xu (许宇辉) | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Average | 49.35 | 2009-10-01 | Guangdong Open 2009 |
| 33 | Bálint Bodor | Megaminx | Single | 57.94 | 2009-10-09 | World Championship 2009 |
| 34 | Henrik Bui | Rubik's Magic | Average | 0.87 | 2009-12-05 | Swedish Cube Day 2009 |
| 35 | Muhammad Iril Khairul Anam | 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Single | 16/16 56:54 | 2010-01-30 | Jakarta Open 2010 |
| 36 | Yu Sajima (佐島優) | Rubik's Clock | Average | 7.96 | 2010-03-27 | Japan Open 2010 |
| 37 | Hong Zhang (张宏) | 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Average | 35.67 | 2010-04-10 | PKU Fewest Moves 2010 |
| 38 | Vincent Sheu | 2x2x2 Cube | Single | 0.96 | 2011-02-12 | Berkeley Winter 2011 |
| 39 | Jibo Zhao (赵吉波) | 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Average | 35.00 | 2011-05-15 | Beijing Footsteps 2011 |
| 40 | Piotr Tomczyk | 3x3x3 One-Handed | Single | 10.68 | 2011-07-23 | Swierklany Open 2011 |
| 41 | Christian Kaserer | 2x2x2 Cube | Single | 0.69 | 2011-11-12 | Trentin Open 2011 |
| 42 | Jonathan Irvin Gunawan | Rubik's Clock | Average | 7.09 | 2012-05-26 | Bandung Open 2012 |
| 43 | Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) | 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Average | 17:18.00 | 2013-02-23 | Leicester Open 2013 |
| 44 | Sameer Mahmood | 2x2x2 Cube | Average | 1.96 | 2013-08-24 | Guildford Open 2013 |
| 45 | Santosh Tantravahi | Skewb | Single | 9.21 | 2014-01-01 | Telesis Open 2014 |
| 46 | Abhishek Sathyanarayanan | Skewb | Average | 13.70 | 2014-01-01 | Telesis Open 2014 |
| 47 | Walker Welch | Skewb | Average | 8.16 | 2014-01-04 | Houston Winter 2014 |
| 48 | John Brechon | Skewb | Average | 7.46 | 2014-01-11 | Blizzard Town 2014 |
| 49 | Brandon Harnish | Skewb | Average | 6.21 | 2014-02-01 | Berkeley Winter 2014 |
| 50 | Mharr Justhinne Ampong | Skewb | Single | 3.21 | 2014-02-08 | PNExpress Open 2014 |
| 51 | Jonatan Kłosko | Skewb | Average | 5.61 | 2014-02-22 | SLS Gliwice 2014 |
| 52 | Lucas Etter | 2x2x2 Cube | Average | 1.69 | 2014-07-12 | Michigan 2014 |
| 53 | Haixin Yang (杨海鑫) | 3x3x3 One-Handed | Single | 8.27 | 2015-05-02 | Chengdu Open 2015 |
| 54 | Michał Rzewuski | Skewb | Average | 2.99 | 2015-07-18 | ŚLS Sosnowiec 2015 |
| 55 | Maciej Czapiewski | 2x2x2 Cube | Single | 0.49 | 2016-03-19 | Grudziądz Open 2016 |
| 56 | Łukasz Burliga | Skewb | Average | 2.63 | 2016-10-08 | Elektryk Cube Race 2016 |
| 57 | Helmer Ewert | Square-1 | Single | 6.67 | 2017-04-29 | Swedish Decathlon Challenge 2017 |
| 58 | Benjamin Kyle | Pyraminx | Single | 1.28 | 2017-06-17 | Newmarket Open 2017 |
| 59 | Patrick Ponce | Rubik's Cube | Single | 4.69 | 2017-09-02 | Rally In The Valley 2017 |
| 60 | Angelo Zhang | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Average | 22.36 | 2017-11-18 | Longhorn Cube Day 2017 |
| 61 | Daniel Karnaukh | Square-1 | Single | 5.49 | 2018-07-27 | CubingUSA Nationals 2018 |
| 62 | Szymon Jeziorski | 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Single | 19 | 2018-10-26 | Polish Championship 2018 |
| 63 | Chad Batten | 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Single | 18 | 2018-10-26 | GA Cubers Mountain Trip 2018 |
| 64 | Anonymous | 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Single | 19 | 2018-10-26 | Polish Championship 2018 |
| 65 | Jackey Zheng | Square-1 | Single | 4.95 | 2019-05-25 | Brooklyn 2019 |
| 66 | Andrew Huang | Skewb | Single | 0.93 | 2019-07-11 | WCA World Championship 2019 |
| 67 | Zayn Khanani | 2x2x2 Cube | Average | 1.13 | 2021-08-01 | Empire State Summer B 2021 |
| 68 | Simon Kellum | Pyraminx | Average | 1.79 | 2022-01-09 | Gem City 2022 |
| 69 | Hassan Khanani | Square-1 | Single | 4.34 | 2022-10-22 | Rochester Fall 2022 |
| 70 | Elijah Rain Phelps | Square-1 | Single | 4.33 | 2022-10-29 | Naticube 2022 |
| 71 | Guanbo Wang (王冠博) | 2x2x2 Cube | Single | 0.47 | 2022-11-26 | Northside Spring Saturday 2022 |
| 72 | Elijah Brown | Pyraminx | Single | 0.75 | 2023-01-21 | Berkeley Winter A 2023 |
| 73 | Ryan Pilat | Square-1 | Single | 3.73 | 2023-06-02 | Heartland Championship 2023 |
| 74 | Levi Gibson | 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Single | 16 | 2024-06-23 | Ashfield Summer Challenge 2024 |
| 75 | Aedan Bryant | 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Single | 16 | 2024-06-23 | Ashfield Summer Challenge 2024 |
| 76 | Dylan Baumbach | Square-1 | Average | 4.88 | 2024-08-25 | DFW Back to School 2024 |
| 77 | Jacob Sherwen Brown | 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Single | 16 | 2024-10-26 | Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2024 |
| 78 | Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) | Rubik's Cube | Single | 3.05 | 2025-04-13 | Shenyang Spring 2025 |
| 79 | Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) | 2x2x2 Cube | Single | 0.39 | 2025-10-25 | Hefei Open 2025 |
| 80 | Sujan Feist | 2x2x2 Cube | Average | 0.86 | 2025-12-13 | Kids America Christmas OH 2025 |