With Max Park, Feliks Zemdegs. completion. Edouard Chambon gained the record back with a 9.18 solve in February of 2008, only to have in taken back by Yu Nakajima in May. History. It was a great competition, that we streamed live on twitch, with extremely fast and deserving winners. a replica of the hand of god in Michelangelo's "The CubeStormer II, developed by Mike Dobson and David Gilday Rubik's Cube within 64 seconds (including the time to scan Despite large time drops in previous years, 2005 was a very quiet year for records. details can be found at cube20.org. The largest Rubik’s Cube solved by a robot is a The most expensive Rubik's Cube was the Masterpiece holders: 0.887 seconds, Sub1, constructed by Albert Beer a was created in December 2012 by  Cube Works Studio In 2006, however, two Americans hel… However in 2010, Feliks Zemdegs appeared on the Record scene, and he had only started to make his impact. As a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit, we welcome your donations to help us further our vision of having more enjoyable competitions all over the world. The Speedsolving forums blew up with excitement. (including memorising): 1:02.51 min, Stanley MORE Canadian kid breaks Guinness World Record for Rubik’s cube hula hoop stunt. 2025 cubes in Cologne (Germany) in December 2009 (see Directed by Sue Kim. The world record fastest average of five one-handed solves is 9.42 seconds, also set by Max Park at Berkeley Summer 2018. Gilday. developed by Peter Redmond (Ireland), solved a scrambled Since 1982, only 18 people have ever held the World Record single. time: 1:40,89 Min, Max Park (USA) at the CubingUSA Nationals about US-$ 1.5 mio. The World Cube Association is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. ... Qualifiers in 12 countries where they battled for the chance to prove their skills and get a spot in the Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship Finals. using a 3D-printer by Evgeniy Grigeriev (Russia). Two years passed before this was broken again, except this time it was by the Dutchman Mats Valk. Congratulations to the Winners of Singapore Rubik's Cube Club Online Open! By. 9,071 cubes,  students of the Machidashiritsu It solved the cube It was the longest standing record since Minh Thai's 1982 record. VIDEO In 2006, however, two Americans helped drop the record down to a staggering 10.48. CBC Kids News • Published August 28, 2020. He is also the only person to have solved the cube in under 5 seconds officially. The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974 by Hungarian professor of architecture, Ernő Rubik (Born 13 July 1944). 2020 in Birmingham. Chapel (USA), Michigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019, fastest DETAILS. This was the first time and American speedcuber had held the record for 9 years. Du Yusheng’s own record is 6.47 seconds. 1:16.68 minutes on 15 March 2014 at Big Bang Fair Rubik's Cube, The best known algorithm 2010 AND VIDEO 9x9x9 cube successfully solved in 34:25.89 minutes by blindfold, fastest time (including memorising): 2:21.62 min, Stanley The best time for restoring the cube in an official In 2004, Shotaro Makisumi single-handedly dropped the record from 16.53 to 12.11 in two separate competitions. emeralds, all set in 18-karat gold. American Max Park overcame his great rival Feliks Zemdegs with a lightning-fast solve of 5.9 seconds to take the speedcubing crown at the Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Cup Final. A 10th standard boy from Mumbai amazed everyone with his unique skills by solving Rubik’s Cube with his feet. is the YuXin 17x17x17 Archana Arun & Arun Kumar and Standard VII Grade student of Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Seshadripuram Branch Bengaluru, Karnataka, solved 350 Rubik’s Cubes within a 3 hours time started on 4 pm at 29th December 2019 and finished on 7.00 pm on the same day under the Rubik Cube Master Mr. Vivek Prasad Mada and set a World Record … The current World record is held by Yusheng Du (3.47), who shave off 0.75 seconds from the previous record set by Feliks Zemdegs (4.22 s). In 2003, however, the World Cube Association was founded and a competition was scheduled for August 23rd-24th. The fastest robot to solve a Rubik's Cube is “Sub1 Reloaded” with a time of 0.637 seconds, built by Albert Beer (Germany), and demonstrated at the Infineon booth at the electronica trade fair in Munich, Germany, 09 November 2016. The Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Cup in 2020 will be the first ever digital speedcubing competition. Arihant Jain (Born on 20th July 2007) s/o. Most of us would find it hard to solve a Rubik's cube at all - let alone blindfolded.. Weifang Open on 14 April 2013. blindfold, fastest time Since 1982, only 18 people have ever held the World Record single. Discover the special bond -- and uncommon competitive spirit -- shared by the world's Rubik's Cube-solving record breakers in this documentary. Creation of Adam" from the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican MORE The It solved a Rubik's Cube in 3.253 seconds on 15 Source of the graph worldcubeassociation.org. Scientist show in the Royal Dublin Society . VIDEO, previous records: Erik is a former World Record holder for speedcubing, holding the 3x3 record of 7.08 seconds in 2008. (including memorising): Max Park (USA) at the CubingUSA Nationals This competition showed that not much improvement had been made over the first competition 20 years before. UCSD Winter 2020: 87 : Kyle Santucci: 0.82 : Canada : Edmonton Summer 2016: 87 : Sky Guo (郭建欣) 0.82 : Hong Kong : Zhenjiang Open 2017: 92 : Elian Beguec: 0.83 : France : Nancy Open … But for now, let's start in chronological order. It appeared that as soon as the 10 second barrier was broken, the times came flooding in. Erno Rubik, right, at a Rubik’s Cube world championship in Budapest in 1982. parts. VIDEO, The best known algorithm for solving the cube, The youngest person who These are the most amusing world records that have been broken in 2020 so far. [12th June 2020] ... His specialty is solving the 3x3 Rubik’s Cube blindfolded! championship - The following table gives the world record Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Cup Season 3. After the immense popularity the cube received upon its release in 1980, 19 competitions were held, all in different countries, to decide the fastest speedcuber of that nation (these are not listed on the WCA). MultiCuber 999, built by David Gilday (UK), on 15 March A robot, however, has solved the Rubik’s Cube this year in an incredible 0.38 seconds! (see photo, with permission from David Calvo) Of these 18 people, only one person has ever had the record, lost it, and then gotten it back again: Erik Akkersdijk and Edouard Chambon. DETAILS (Germany), 23 January 2016 at the Cubikon Store in Munich. At the Spanish Open 2007, he set the new World Record as 9.86 seconds, a record that some believed would stand a long time. March 2014 at Big previous record The fastest time to solve a 3x3x3 rotating puzzle cube is 3.47 seconds by Yusheng Du (China) at the Wuhu Open 2018 in Wuhu, Anhui province, China, on 24 November 2018. The mosaic, showing the Macau skyline, On the same day, he then broke the 7 second barrier by solving the cube in 6.77 seconds. karats of amethyst, 34 karats of rubies, and 34 karats of On this list, we are going to see Rubik's Cube Robts which broke world records: fastest and the unique new inventions. Read more about speed cubing at the web page of Jessica Fridrich, the 1982 Czech … seconds, Max Park (USA) at the Houston Winter tournament Tony Fisher has regained his record title for the largest Rubik’s Cube, his latest Rubik’s cube measures an impressive 2.022 m (6 ft 7 in) on each side.. Hotel Loi Suites Iguazú, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina on 8 While most of the people across the world are hard hit by the pandemic, some are busy breaking and creating records. fastest time: the ! MultiCuber 3, constructed by David Gilday set a record for The fastest robot to Dec 28, 2020, 11:04PM IST Source: ANI. for solving the cube needs only 20 face turns, DETAILS AND PHOTOS, DETAILS Sep 24, 2020 Japanese toy-maker MegaHouse Corp. said Wednesday it will launch the world’s smallest working Rubik’s Cube, weighing about 2 grams and measuring 9.9 millimeters on each side. 10.28 m [33 ft 8 in] x 4.40 m [14 ft 5 in], created at August 1, 2020 by Aoden Teo Masa Toshi. The computer received two pictures of the cube… A World Record is something every speedcuber dreams of having. Jean Pons broke the record at the Dutch Open, but not by much. from 85,794 cubes. And breaking a record doesn't always require lots of skill or a special trait. trade fair in Munich, Germany VIDEO solved a Rubik's Cube in 5.27 seconds. the book at amazon.com, MORE 2014 at Big Christmas tree composed by Bernett Orlando (India) from DETAILS AND PHOTOS, The individual record was made from 12,090 cubes by Cube Works Studio in June 23, 2020 / 12:08 PM Rubik's Cube attempting world record with YouTube livestream. Toronto (Canada), measuring 8.8 x 4.4 m [29 ft x 14.5 ft]. It has been valued at The largest Rubik's Cube was built by Tony Fischer It has an edge length of 200mm and contains 2691 working Bradenton, Florida, USA, on 15 October 2015 VIDEO Galicia, Spain. But for now, let's start in chronological order. AND VIDEO. Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs (/ ˈ f ɛ l ɪ k s ˈ z ɛ m d ɛ ɡ z /, Latvian: Fēlikss Zemdegs; born 20 December 1995) is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver. CubeStormer III, developed by Mike Dobson and David (Australia), 10.18 seconds cube. We ask the Weyer twins how the world… 2019, The largest mosaic made Learn more about how you can support the WCA It took 90 days from design to Yu made history for a different reason too – Not only did he break the 9 second barrier with an 8.72 single in the second round of the Kashiwa Open, but he solved the Rubik's Cube in the exact same time at the final of the same competition. Five people needed 5 hours to solve and The most working layers has a 22x22x22 cube. Popularity faded, and nobody was there to take up the role of organising any new competitions. November 21st 2015 is now considered one of the greatest days of speedcubing history. The actual-size, fully functional cube features 22.5 /the-rubiks-cube/history-of-the-world-record-evolution/, The History of the Rubik's Cube World Records, American Collin Burns solved the cube in 5.25 seconds, Jessica Fridrich predicted that her method. He has three World Records and he is also one of the top blindfolded speedcubers for the 4x4 and 5x5. This was the last competition the World would see for over two decades. On that day, 15 National Records were set, along with the continental records for Europe, Asia, and South America, and of course the World Record, which was set by the American Minh Thai at 22.95 seconds. Open 2019 VIDEO assemble 1848 cubes. ft] x 4 m [13 ft]. Of these 18 people, only one person has ever had the record, lost it, and then gotten it back again: Erik Akkersdijk and Edouard Chambon. Later, Ernő Rubik partnered with Ideal Toy company to widespread the international interest in the cube which began in 1979, which soon developed into a global craze. time: 1:09.51 min, Max He beat the record 4 times, twice in both competitions. blindfold, fastest time Despite large time drops in previous years, 2005 was a very quiet year for records. March 2012. On June 5th, the 19 fastest speedcubers of that time gathered in Budapest, Hungary, to compete in the first Rubik's Cube World Championship, with the puzzles inventor, Ernő Rubik, as delegate. from scrambled Rubik's Cubes measured 68 m [220 a replica of "The Last Supper", made of 4,050 cubes by Cube Works Studio in Chapel (USA) at the Michigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019, fastest time: 34.92  VIDEO constructed by Albert Beer (Germany). Bang Fair in Birmingham. 1995. Until at the same competition, Lucas Etter broke the record for a third time and he set a new World Record, having solved the cube in 4.90 seconds. Go to cubecomps.com to find out the latest Rubik's Cube World and National records almost in real time. Keaton Ellis had solved the cube in 5.09 seconds, once again breaking the record. This record stood for another two years until in April 2015, American Collin Burns solved the cube in 5.25 seconds. In early 2007 the French took back the record with a 10.36 single. from scrambled Rubik's Cubes, The fastest robot to The man to hold this title was to be Thibaut Jacquinot. The first under 10 second solve was just around the corner. The photo shows the first record in this category, set in It is the most prestigious accomplishment and helps bring more public attention towards speedcubing, as many news companies publish articles when the 3x3 Rubik's Cube World Record has been broken. After 7 months of holding the record, Collin Burns solved the cube in 5.21 seconds. This is the first sub-4-second solve of a cube by a human in a World Cube Association event. photo, more photos can be found HERE.). miniature cube can be obtained here. But Jack Cai (Australia) has a knack for solving the tricky puzzle without looking at it - a talent which has earned him the record for the fastest time to solve a Rubik's Cube blindfolded. It was created completing a 4x4x4 cube by a robot in This was monumental; so much so that this record stood for 854 days until November 2010. Jean Pons broke the record at the Dutch Open, but not by much. At the end of 2005, the record stood at 11.75. The World Record was broken twice, first to 16.71, then to 16.53 by Dan Knights and Jess Bonde respectively. They were correct when they said, "Records are made to be broken." Rubot II, However as 2007 drew to a close, the record was broken twice more – First by Erik Akkersdijk with a 9.77, then by Ron Van Bruchem, one of the four Board Members and one of the two founders of the World Cube Association, with a 9.55. Although there are 18 different WCA events that all have World Record holders too, I'm going to be concentrating on the most publicly recognised of them all – The 3x3 World Record Single. Toronto (Canada) in 2009. (UK). There is no doubt that we will see more improvement in time to come. It has an edge length of 1.57m. Yamasaki School in Tokyo at the Tokyo Toy Show on 15 July He solved the Rubik's Cube in 7.03 seconds, just beating Erik's solve in November 2010. The previous record was 25 cubes. On June 5, 1982, the first world championship was held in Budapest, Hungary. 19 people … He is an active part of the speedcubing community, has attended lots of events performing and teaching people how to solve the Rubik’s Cube, and has even developed a solving method that has gathered over 30 million views worldwide online. The cube took around 330 hours to build and all layers move exactly like a regular sized Rubik’s cube but obviously due to its size, to move a vertical side you have to flip the whole cube over. 3x3x3 One-Handed Type Name Result Citizen of Competition Solves ; Single : Max Park: 6.82 : United States Bang Fair in Birmingham. Throughout the duration of 2011, he broke the record 4 times, to 6.65 (which he did twice), 6.24, 6.18 and finally, breaking the 6 seconds barrier to 5.66.