World Rubik's Games Championships, 2003 in Toronto, Canada
Rubik's 5x5x5 Cube: First round
Format: average of 3 attempts, 3 proceed to final.
| Place | Name | Country | 1st attempt | 2nd attempt | 3rd attempt | Average |
| 1 | David Wesley | Sweden | 03:22.12 | 02:50.23 | 02:19.69 WR | 02:50.68 WR |
| 2 | Masayuki Akimoto | Japan | 02:54.26 AsR | 03:13.51 | 03:02.05 | 03:03.27 AsR |
| 3 | Grant Tregay | USA | 03:19.05 AR | 03:34.84 | 03:54.41 | 03:36.10 AR |
| 4 | Ron van Bruchem | Netherlands | 03:52.24 | 04:26.49 | 03:29.07 NR | 03:55.93 NR |
| 5 | David Barr | USA | 04:22.91 | 04:21.37 | 04:28.41 | 04:24.23 |
| 6 | Jeff Goetz | USA | 04:59.55 | 03:58.43 | 04:24.67 | 04:27.55 |
| 7 | Jake Rueth | USA | 05:32.25 | 04:53.84 | 04:45.35 | 05:03.81 |
| 8 | Michael Swart | Canada | 05:29.70 | 05:23.28 | 04:52.43 NR | 05:15.14 NR |
| 9 | Lars Vandenbergh | Belgium | 05:36.18 | 05:45.06 | 05:23.87 NR | 05:35.04 NR |
| 10 | Dave Swart | Canada | 05:23.76 | 06:34.92 | 05:23.00 | 05:47.23 |
| 11 | Rob Butler | Canada | 05:26.96 | 05:34.45 | 06:31.84 | 05:51.08 |
| 12 | Katsuyuki Konishi | Japan | 06:22.31 | 06:30.52 | 05:09.77 | 06:00.87 |
| 13 | Kenneth Brandon | USA | 07:45.31 | 05:50.26 | 05:25.59 | 06:20.39 |
| 14 | Shotaro Makisumi | Japan | 06:34.41 | 06:59.03 | 06:35.41 | 06:42.95 |
| 15 | Betty Tregay | USA | 07:11.30 | 11:52.91 | 09:03.46 | 09:22.56 |
| 16 | Rafael Algarin | USA | 30:00.00 | DNS | DNS | DNF |