2005 Rubik's Cube World Championship

Mechanical puzzle solving contest 2005 Rubik's Cube World Championship Speedcubing Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States 5–6 November 2005 Disney's Pop Century Resort 25px United States 25px Jean Pons 25px Edouard Chambon 25px Shotaro Makisumi 2003 2007 The 2005 Rubik's Cube World Championship, also known as WC2005, 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 History It was held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and was attended by 149 participants, representing 16 countries, although 104 competitors were from the USA. Rubik's World Championship 2005 https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2005 WCA It was the first World Championship held after the creation of the World Cube Association, the organization responsible for overseeing competitive Rubik's Cube events. It was organized by the WC2005 Organization Team, headed by Ron van Bruchem, Tyson Mao, and Gilles Roux. Jean Pons from France was the winner with an average time of 15.10 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. The average was taken over the middle three of five solve times (which excludes the fastest and slowest). The prize for first place was 5,000 US dollars.https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2005 Rubik's World Championship 2005 | World Cube Association www.worldcubeassociation.orghttps://mzrg.com/rubik/WR%20history.htm World Cube Association - Official Resultshttps://cubingcontests.com/competitions/WC2005/results World Championship 2005 Results | Cubing Contests cubingcontests.com Results 3x3x3 Place Name Average Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Attempt 4 Attempt 5 Average of 5 1 Jean Pons 15.10 ER France 15.62 15.87 13.00 13.81 18.59 2 Edouard Chambon 16.00 France 14.90 17.21 15.89 18.03 14.04 3 Shotaro Makisumi 16.07 Japan 14.60 18.58 16.30 15.65 16.26 References Category:2005 in sports in Florida Category:Rubik's Cube World Championship Category:Lake Buena Vista, Florida Category:International sports competitions in Florida Category:November 2005 sports events in the United States