2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship

Mechanical puzzle solving contest ru Чемпионат мира по спидкубингу 2003 October 2026 October 2026 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship The winners of the Rubik's Cube World Championship 2003 Speedcubing Toronto, Canada 23–24 August 2003 Ontario Science Center 25px Canada 25px Dan Knights 25px Jessica Fridrich 25px David Wesley 1982 2005 The 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship, also known as WC2003, was a competition for speedsolving the 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube, and various other mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as twisty puzzles. Welcome to the World Cube Association https://www.worldcubeassociation.org WCA It was held in Toronto and was attended by 83 participants.Harris Dan Speedsolving the Cube Sterling 2008 978-1402753138 3 https://books.google.ca/books?id=Hp6TOA7G4P0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Speedsolving+the+Cube&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y The competition led to the formation of the World Cube Association in 2004. Most notably, it was the first speedcubing competition since 1982, and the first in the 21st century. The next world championship was held in 2005 in Florida, United States, with some differences, the most notable being the addition of the 3x3x3 'With Feet' event. Dan Knights from the United States was the winner with an average time of 20.00 seconds. The average was calculated over the middle three of five solve times (which excludes the fastest and slowest). The prize for first place was 5,000 Canadian dollars. 24 August 2003 Software developer takes Rubik's prize https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/american-scoops-cube-title-1.395331 Canada CBC News 8 October 2026 Results 3x3x3 Cube Place Name Average Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Attempt 4 Attempt 5 Average of 5 1 Dan Knights 20.00 WR USA 21.13 19.93 18.95 22.07 18.76 2 Jessica Fridrich 20.48 USA 27.53 22.22 17.33 17.12 21.88 3 David Wesley 20.96 ER Sweden 24.87 21.82 19.81 19.84 21.22 4 Lars Vandenbergh 21.54 NR Belgium 21.42 19.27 21.49 22.19 21.70 5 Jess Bonde 21.68 NR Denmark 20.34 21.29 23.42 25.06 19.21 6 David Allen 21.92 USA 22.13 17.95 27.67 24.06 19.56 7 Gene Means 22.10 USA 29.28 20.92 21.48 23.88 20.93 8 Ron van Bruchem 22.92 NR Netherlands 25.97 24.46 24.71 19.58 19.46 4x4x4 Cube Place Name Average Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Average of 3 1 Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) 1:36.98 Japan 1:43.40 1:27.06 1:40.49 2 David Wesley 1:45.88 Sweden 1:57.47 1:32.46 1:47.72 3 Ron van Bruchem 1:57.75 Netherlands 1:42.95 2:00.83 2:09.48 5x5x5 Cube Place Name Average Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Average of 3 1 Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) 2:50.45 WR Japan 2:56.76 2:47.62 2:46.96 2 David Wesley 2:56.29 Sweden 3:07.69 3:01.56 2:39.62 3 Grant Tregay 3:41.96 USA 3:55.13 3:40.22 3:30.52 3x3x3 Blindfolded Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Dror Vomberg 3:56.00 WR Israel 2 Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎) 6:35.00 AsR Japan 3 Dan Knights DNF USA 3x3x3 Fewest Moves Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Mirek Goljan 29 Moves WR Czechia 2 David Barr 36 Moves NAR USA 3x3x3 One Handed Place Name Best Attempt Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Best of 2 1 Chris Hardwick 44.98 WR USA 44.98 1:00.45 2 Michael Atkinson 54.04 USA 54.04 1:20.52 3 Grant Tregay 1:02.05 USA 1:36.99 1:02.05 4 David Wesley 1:10.67 ER Sweden 2:11.44 1:10.67 5 Lars Petrus 1:14.53 Sweden 1:23.53 1:14.53 6 Joe Allen 1:14.58 USA 1:14.58 2:47.69 7 David Allen 1:19.04 USA 1:19.04 DNF 8 Heath Litton 1:20.19 USA 2:01.24 1:20.19 9 Brent Morgan 1:21.35 USA 1:56.59 1:21.35 10 Peter Babcock 1:32.88 USA 2:27.77 1:32.88 11 Kenneth Brandon 2:03.45 USA 2:03.45 2:13.89 12 Michiel van der Blonk 2:06.23 NR Netherlands 3:12.15 2:06.23 Clock Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Jaap Scherphuis 38.97 WR Netherlands 2 Jasmine Lee 42.00 OcR Australia 3 Lars Vandenbergh 45.52 NR Belgium 4 Michael Powers 54.20 NAR USA 5 Ron van Bruchem 1:33.74 Netherlands 6 Jeff Goetz 2:01.06 USA Megaminx Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Grant Tregay 2:12.82 WR USA 2 Richard Patterson 4:12.38 USA 3 Ron van Bruchem 4:26.56 ER Netherlands 4 Jake Rueth 4:42.74 USA 5 Betty Tregay 5:12.64 USA Pyraminx Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Andy Bellenir 14.09 WR USA 2 Jake Rueth 19.85 USA 3 Jeff Goetz 29.50 USA 4 Richard Patterson 31.10 USA 5 Jaap Scherphuis 31.20 ER Netherlands 6 Dan Harris 35.02 NR United Kingdom Square-1 Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Lars Vandenbergh 41.80 WR Belgium 2 Jeff Goetz 1:42.12 NAR USA 3 Ron van Bruchem 2:14.28 NR Netherlands 4 Paul Attar 2:19.40 NR Canada 4x4x4 Blindfolded Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Dror Vomberg 22:35.00 WR Israel 5x5x5 Blindfolded Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Dror Vomberg DNF WR Israel Magic Place Name Best Attempt Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Best of 3 1 Jaap Scherphuis 3.06 WR Netherlands 5.34 3.19 3.06 2 Jake Rueth 3.27 NAR USA 3.27 4.71 4.30 3 Jon Morris 4.51 USA 5.33 4.53 4.51 4 Jason Hildebrand 5.18 USA 5.73 9.23 5.18 5 Ron van Bruchem 5.83 Netherlands 5.83 6.07 14.05 6 Michiel van der Blonk 6.65 Netherlands 9.69 7.85 6.65 Master Magic Place Name Best Attempt Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Best of 3 1 Jaap Scherphuis 8.22 WR Netherlands 9.91 13.92 8.22 2 Kevin Brandon 8.45 NAR USA 8.45 8.47 8.62 3 Kenneth Brandon 9.34 USA 13.02 10.78 9.34 4 Jake Rueth 10.85 USA 16.72 21.21 10.85 5 Jon Morris 11.09 USA 22.97 11.09 11.93 WR = World Record ER = European Record AsR = Asian Record NAR = North American Record NR = National Record DNF = Did Not Finish References Category:Rubik's Cube World Championship Category:International sports competitions in Toronto Category:August 2003 sports events in Canada Category:2003 in sports in Ontario Category:2003 in Toronto