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July 24, 2008The Niagara Open Summer 2008 will take place on August 23, 2008 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Check out the Niagara Falls Summer 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 24, 2008The South Taiwan Summer 2008 will take place on August 30, 2008 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Check out the South Taiwan Summer Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 24, 2008The Wroclaw Open 2008 will take place on August 16, 2008 in Wroclaw, Poland. Check out the Wroclaw Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 23, 2008The Marina Gdansk Open 2008 will take place on August 30, 2008 in Gdansk, Poland. Check out the Marina Gdansk Open 2008 website (to be opened soon) for more information and registration.
July 23, 2008Syuhei Omura broke the Unofficial World Record for solving 4x4x4 Cube, with a new average record of 49.54 seconds.
July 21, 2008Andrew Kang won the US Nationals and Open 2008 with an average of 12.97 seconds. Ravi Fernando finished second (13.58) and Jason Baum finished third (13.73).
World records: Dan Cohen 5x5 1:20.98 (single) 1:29.40 (average).
North American records: Andrew Kang Rubik's Cube 11.89 (average), Rowe Hessler Rubik's Cube 9.13 (single), Jack Moseley Rubik's Cube fewest moves 31, Mike Hughey Rubik's Cube multiple blindfolded 15/15 in 2:12.00, Dan Cohen Megaminx 1:27.34 (single) 1:38.55 (average).
July 21, 2008Pedro Santos Guimarães won the Minas Open 2008 with an average of 15.65 seconds. Carlos Alberto de Alcântara Jr finished second (18.85) and Renan Mondini Cerpe finished third (19.86).
South American records: Pedro Santos Guimarães Rubik's Cube 14.56 (average), 4x4 1:25.81 (average), 5x5 2:29.25 (single) 2:42.73 (average), Rubik's Cube blindfolded 1:23.05, Rubik's Cube one-handed 20.61 (single) 25.44 (average), Megaminx 1:49.63 (single) 2:02.01 (average), Square-1 54.35 (average), Rubik's Cube multiple blindfolded 2/3 in 13:27, Leonardo Tambellini Rubik's Cube fewest moves 36.
July 20, 2008Johannes Laire won the Finnish Open 2008 with an average of 14.42 seconds. Anssi Vanhala finished second (15.01) and Mats Valk finished third (18.50).
July 20, 2008The Suwon Cube Championship 2008 will take place on August 15, 2008 in Suwon, Korea. Check out the Suwon 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 19, 2008Kazuhito Iimura broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Square-1, with a new average record of 15.36 seconds.
July 18, 2008Daniël Hop is now unofficially the youngest person to have solved Rubik's Cube blinfolded, aged 6 years and 359 days.
July 18, 2008The Shaastra Open 2008 will take place on October 4/5, 2008 in Chennai, India. Check out the Shaastra Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 18, 2008The Shanghai Open 2008 will take place on August 30, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Check out the Shanghai Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 18, 2008The Cincinnati Summer Open 2008 will take place on August 16, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Check out the Cincinnati Summer Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 18, 2008François Sechet in a French commercial for Orange (click Raison 5).
July 13, 2008Wen-Jia Jai won the Taiwan Summer Open 2008 with an average of 15.02 seconds. Hsuan Chang finished second (15.19) and Shih-Yao Lin finished third (15.53).
Asian records: Han-Cyun Chen 4x4x4 Cube 57.40 (average), Wu-Cheng Lin 4x4x4 Cube 48.97 (single).
July 13, 2008Erik Akkersdijk won the Czech Open 2008 with an average of 11.55 seconds. Jean Pons finished second (11.99) and Rama Temmink finished third (12.28).
World records: Erik Akkersdijk Rubik's Cube 7.08 (single).
European records: Rama Temmink Rubik's Cube one-handed 20.02 (average).
July 13, 2008Dan Dzoan won the UCSD Summer competition 2008 with an average of 15.07 seconds. Ron van Bruchem finished second (15.24) and Leyan Lo finished third (16.65).
North American records: Nick Young Square-1 16.59 (single) 23.55 (average).
Asian records: Takao Hashimoto Square-1 25.92 (average).
July 12, 2008Rubik's Cube ads.
July 10, 2008"Rubik's Cube: 25th Anniversary".
July 7, 2008"A Rubik's Cube Could Tell Us Which Arm Is an Octopus' Favorite".
July 6, 2008The Kanazawa Cube Camp 2008 will take place on August 22-24, 2008 in Kanazawa, Japan. Check out the Kanazawa Cube Camp 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 6, 2008Jan Jerome Bautista won the Philippines Open 2008 with an average of 14.94 seconds. JB Cañares finished second (15.10) and Mateus Moitinho de Almeida finished third (15.76).
July 6, 2008The Busan Cube Championship 2008 will take place on August 3, 2008 in Busan, Korea. Check out the Busan 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 6, 2008The Cheonan Cube Championship 2008 will take place on July 27, 2008 in Cheonan, Korea. Check out the Cheonan 2008 website for more information and registration.
July 6, 2008Jean Pons won the Toulouse Summer Open 2008 with an average of 13.57 seconds. Edouard Chambon finished second (13.70) and Benjamin Sintes finished third (15.99).
July 5, 2008"Cooking a Rubik's Cube".
July 4, 2008"The Web watcher: Speedcubing; the Rubik's Cube".
July 1, 2008"Rubik's Cube to make comeback this Christmas".
June 22, 2008The Minas Open 2008 will take place on July 19/20, 2008 in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Check out the Minas Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
June 22, 2008The Tokyo Open 2008 will take place on August 8, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Check out the Tokyo Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
June 22, 2008V-CUBES are now available in the V-CUBES Store!
June 22, 2008The Hong Kong Open 2008 will take place on July 27, 2008 in Hong Kong. Check out the Hong Kong Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
June 22, 2008The Czech Open 2008 will take place on July 12/13, 2008 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Check out the Czech Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
June 22, 2008Phil Thomas won the Minnesota Open 2008 with an average of 14.32 seconds. Waris Ali finished second (17.55) and Alex Bailey finished third (17.92).
North American records: Phil Thomas 2x2 3.90 (average).
June 22, 2008Benjamin Sintes won the Italian Open 2008 with an average of 15.94 seconds. Lorenzo Vigani Poli finished second (17.40) and Lars Vandenbergh finished third (17.60).
South American records: Rafael Werneck Cinoto 2x2 5.25 (single), Magic 1.93 (single) 2.05 (average).
June 21, 2008Ibrahim Vajgel-Shedid won the Vancouver Open Summer 2008 with an average of 15.47 seconds. Kristopher de Asis finished second (18.14) and Deseree Aune finished third (20.83).
June 21, 2008Jason Baum won the DaVinci Science Center competition 2008 with an average of 11.97 seconds. Mitchell Stern finished second (12.49) and Rowe Hessler finished third (14.39).
World records: Dan Cohen 4x4 46.08 (single).
North American records: Jason Baum Rubik's Cube 11.97 (average), Dan Cohen 4x4 56.54 (average), 5x5 1:38.40 (average), Pyraminx 5.59 (single), Clock 9.13 (single) 9.84 (average).
June 21, 2008The Finnish Open 2008 will take place on July 19/20, 2008 in Helsinki, Finland. Check out the Finnish Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
June 13, 2008The Taiwan Summer Open 2008 will take place on July 13, 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan. Check out the Taiwan Summer Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
June 9, 2008The UCSD Summer competition 2008 will take place on July 12, 2008 in La Jolla, California, USA. Check out the USCD Summer 2008 website for more information and registration.
June 8, 2008Rowe Hessler solved 27 Rubik's Cubes blindfolded.
June 7, 2008Milán Baticz won the Polish Open 2008 with an average of 12.89 seconds. Tomasz Zolnowski finished second (13.22) and Rama Temmink finished third (13.44).
World records: Rafal Guzewicz 3x3 blindfolded 54.22 (single), Lukasz Cialon 2x2 3.63 (average).
June 6, 2008The Swedish Open 2008 will take place on September 6/7, 2008 in Rosersberg (Stockholm), Sweden. Check out the Swedish Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
June 5, 2008Video of top 16 Spanish cubers.
June 4, 2008Very nice tv item about Edouard Chambon (in French).
June 1, 2008Jean Pons won the Nantes Open 2008 with an average of 12.29 seconds. Benjamin Sintes finished second (14.38) and Thomas Watiotienne finished third (15.58).
June 1, 2008Eric Limeback won the Cincinnati Spring Open 2008 with an average of 13.38 seconds. Jack Moseley finished second (16.14) and Mike Stewart finished third (16.79).
African records: Emile Compion 4x4 1:14.38 (single), 5x5 2:00.68 (single) 2:08.29 (average), 2x2 5.36 (single).
May 28, 2008Erik Akkersdijk on local Dutch tv.
May 27, 2008Nice article about Joey Gouly.
May 25, 2008Dan Cohen won the Captain's Cove competition 2008 with an average of 13.52 seconds. Erik Johnson finished second (16.27) and Tim Reynolds finished third (16.32).
North American records: Dan Cohen 4x4 1:00.06 (average), Sam Boyles Master Magic 2.44 (average).
May 25, 2008Phillip Espinoza won the San Diego Open 2008 with an average of 14.52 seconds. Ryan Patricio finished second (14.73) and Chris Dzoan finished third (15.46).
World records: Ryan Patricio Rubik's Cube One-handed 14.80 (single) 19.88 (average).
May 25, 2008Ryosuke Mondo solving 36 out of 51 Rubik's Cubes blindfolded.
May 24, 2008The Dutch Masters 2008 will take place on August 23/24, 2008 in Sint Michielsgestel, The Netherlands. Check out the Dutch Masters 2008 website for more information and registration.
May 22, 2008David Calvo on Spanish tv.
May 20, 2008The European Rubik's Cube Championship 2008 will take place on September 19/20/21, 2008 in Derio (Bilbao), Spain. Check out the Euro 2008 website for more information and registration.
May 19, 2008The Toulouse Summer Open 2008 will take place on July 5/6, 2008 in Toulouse, France. Check out the Toulouse Summer Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
May 19, 2008The Philippines Open 2008 will take place on July 5/6, 2008 in Quezon City, Philippines. Check out the Philippines Open 2008 website for more information and registration.
May 19, 2008Jason Baum won the Washington DC Open 2008 with an average of 13.10 seconds. Mitchell Stern finished second (13.68) and John Tamanas finished third (15.78).
World records: Chris Hardwick 5x5 blindfolded 15:22 (single).
North American records: Dan Cohen 5x5 1:38.59 (average), Pyraminx 5.66 (single), Clock 11.78 (single), Tim Reynolds Pyraminx 8.85 (average).
May 18, 2008Dan Dzoan won the Utah Open 2008 with an average of 13.58 seconds. Dan Knights finished second (14.68) and Michael Young finished third (19.25).
May 16, 2008Another very young Rubik's Cube solver.