SpeedCubing.com News archive 2006

  
December 31, 2006Cool video of a Japanese tv appearance, featuring Sinpei Araki. It includes a live blindfolded solve on stage, some brain investigation and a blindfolded solve in a roller coaster.
December 29, 2006Nice article featuring San Clemente Cubers Club.
December 28, 2006Thibaut Jacquinot broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 13.26 seconds.
December 26, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Cube with feet, with a new average record of 51.78 seconds.
December 25, 2006Andy Tsao solved a computer 3x3x3 cube blindfolded in 1 minute 37.97 seconds, using Ryan Heise's cube simulator.
December 23, 2006Milán Baticz broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube one-handed, with a new record of 17.11 seconds.
December 22, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Magic, with a new average record of 0.89 seconds.
December 21, 2006The Machida Open 2007 will take place on January 28, 2007 in Machida, Japan. Contact Team Machida Open 2007 for more information and registration.
December 20, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Cube with feet, with a new average record of 54.16 seconds.
December 18, 2006Ryosuke Mondo solved 11 Rubik's Cubes blindfolded.
December 17, 2006Nice article featuring Chris Hardwick.
December 16, 2006The Roissy competition 2007 will take place on February 4, 2007 in Roissy, France. Contact organizers Aurélien Souchet and Gilles Roux for more information and registration. Competition website now open.
December 16, 2006Video of Tyson Mao solving Rubik's Cube blindfolded live on CNN. Video recorded and hosted by Jeremy Fleischmann.
December 15, 2006Grzegorz Luczyna broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Pyraminx, with a new average record of 5.72 seconds.
December 15, 2006Movie director Michel Gondry solving Rubik's Cube with his feet. Well, he was pretending.
December 11, 2006Danyang Chen broke the Unofficial World Record for Rubik's Cube blindfolded, with a new average record of 1 minute 27.38 seconds.
December 11, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new record of 2.01 seconds.
December 10, 2006David Calvo Vivas won the Spanish Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 19.01 seconds. Ernesto Fernández Regueira and Alejandro Lamas Perez finished second and third.
December 9, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Magic, with a new average record of 0.92 seconds.
December 9, 2006The Helsinki Open 2007 will take place on January 13, 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. Contact organizer Petri Vanhala for more information and registration.
December 8, 2006Andrew Kang solved 208 cubes in 1 hour.
December 8, 2006Piotr Kózka broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Pyraminx, with a new average record of 7.24 seconds.
December 8, 2006Andrew Kang did the 42 cube marathon in 11 minutes 41.75 seconds.
December 8, 2006Fischer Technik Rubik's Cube Solver.
December 8, 2006If you give a Rubik's cube to a baby...
December 8, 2006"Former World Record Holder Shares Cube Solving Secrets."
December 5, 2006Andy Tsao solved a computer 3x3x3 cube blindfolded in 3 minutes 33.78 seconds, using Ryan Heise's cube simulator.
December 5, 2006Andy Tsao broke the Unofficial World Record for Rubik's Cube blindfolded, with a new average record of 1 minute 43.14 seconds.
December 4, 2006Andy Tsao solved a 3x3 cube blindfolded one-handed in 2 minutes 13.65 seconds.
December 3, 2006Gunnar Krig won the Swedish Cube Day competition 2006 with an average in the final of 18.79 seconds. Kĺre Krig and Mikael Öhman finished second and third.
World records: Gunnar Krig Siamese cube 43.88 (single) 49.27 (average), Snake 8.24 (single) 10.09 (average).
December 2, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Magic, with a new average record of 0.97 seconds.
December 1, 2006"Tips to solving the Rubik's Cube."
December 1, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new average record of 2.21 seconds.
December 1, 2006Mátyás Kuti solved a 3x3 cube blindfolded one-handed in 2 minutes 43.60 seconds.
November 30, 2006"Stocking stuffer: The Cube is back."
November 29, 2006Yuji Suse solved a 2x2, 3x3 and 4x4 cube in 1 minute 25.33 seconds.
November 26, 2006The Belgian Open 2007 will take place on February 24/25, 2007 in Brussels, Belgium. Contact organizer Gilles van den Peereboom or check out the Belgian Open 2007 website for more information and registration.
November 25, 2006Toby Mao solved 195 cubes in 1 hour.
November 25, 2006Gunnar Krig broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Siamese 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average record of 43.99 seconds.
November 24, 2006Video of Will Smith solving Rubik's Cube on Oprah show. Item starts around 8:23 in the video. (link by Casen Davis)
November 23, 2006The KCRC Championship 2007 will take place on Sunday January 7, 2007 in Seoul, Korea. Contact Park Byunghwa of the Korea Cube Research Club or check out the KCRC website for more information and registration.
November 22, 2006Michael Fung broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 5x5x5 Cube, with a new average record of 1 minute 52.57 seconds.
November 22, 2006Milán Baticz broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new average record of 2.49 seconds.
November 20, 2006Rubik's Cube cushion.
November 19, 2006Toby Mao won the UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006 with an average in the final of 15.05 seconds. Chris Dzoan and Brittany Dzoan finished second and third.
American records: Ryan Zheng Fewest moves 35 (single).
Asian records: Warren Liao Magic 1.38 (single).
November 19, 2006Matt Walter won the Rutgers Fall competition 2006 with an average in the final of 15.89 seconds. Anthony Hsu and Craig Bouchard finished second and third.
World records: Craig Bouchard Magic 1.15 (average), Master Magic 3.15 (average).
American records: Craig Bouchard Master Magic 2.68 (single).
Asian records: Rhodri Mativo Magic 1.87 (average).
November 19, 2006Lars Vandenbergh won the UK Open 2006 with an average in the final of 15.74 seconds. Dan Harris and Ron van Bruchem finished second and third.
World records: Martin Berger oldest solver 78 years 9 days (2:57.76).
Asian records: Cho Won-Bang Master Magic 4.21 (single), 5.12 (average).
Australian records: Jasmine Lee 3x3 20.37 (single), 26.71 (average), 4x4 2:21.51 (single), 5x5 5:25.42 (single), Master Magic 5.81 (single), 6.13 (average), Peter Still Magic 3.75 (average).
European records: Gilles van den Peereboom Magic 1.21 (single).
November 15, 2006Dave Orser broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube blindfolded, with a new record of 1 minute 12 seconds.
November 15, 2006The Spanish National Championship 2006 will take place on Saturday December 9, 2006 in Bilbao, Spain. Contact organiser David Calvo or check out the Spanish Rubik's Cube Forum for more information and registration.
November 15, 2006380 great pictures of Japanese National Championship 2006, by Hiroshi Ishino.
November 15, 2006Compilation video of Daniël Hop (aged 5 years 3 months and 19 days) solving a Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube in 18 minutes 35 seconds.
November 13, 2006Daniël Hop is now unofficially the youngest person to have solved a Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube, aged only 5 years 3 months and 19 days.
November 13, 2006Maté Horváth broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new record of 2.07 seconds.
November 13, 2006Junya Tomita and Yoshimi Tomita (husband and wife) solved Rubik's Cube in Japanese championship with a total time of 47.25 seconds.
November 12, 2006Takahito Domon won the Japanese National Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 15.82 seconds. Ryota Nakahara and Mitsuki Gunji finished second and third.
Asian records: Takayuki Ookusa 5x5 1:48.56 (single), 2:03.54 (average), Shuichi Kuroiwa Pyraminx 7.42 (single).
November 12, 2006Shotaro Makisumi won the Caltech Fall competition 2006 with an average in the final of 13.34 seconds. Ryan Patricio and Darren Kwong finished second and third.
American records: Ryan Patricio 3x3 13.77 (average).
Asian records: Shotaro Makisumi 3x3 12.04 (single), 13.34 (average), Warren Liao Magic 1.41 (single).
November 11, 2006Andrew Kang did the 42 cube marathon in 12 minutes 7.50 seconds.
November 8, 2006Nice article on Tyson Mao.
November 7, 2006Rubik's Clock, but then different.
November 6, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Magic, with a new average record of 1.03 seconds.
November 4, 2006The Swedish Cube Day competition 2006 will take place Sunday December 3, 2006 in Uppsala, Sweden. Check out the SveKub website for more information and registration.
November 4, 2006Updated WCA World Rankings 2006 (including national records) are now available for all categories.
November 4, 2006Rubik's Cube in PS3 commercial.
November 2, 2006The Caltech Winter competition 2007 will take place on Saturday January 13, 2007 in San Francisco, California, USA. Check out the announcement for more information and the registration page for registration.
November 2, 2006Andrew Kang broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average record of 11.72 seconds.
November 1, 2006Michael Fung broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube, with a new average record of 58.38 seconds.
October 29, 2006Mitsuki Gunji broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 13.47 seconds.
October 29, 2006Marc van Beest broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube, with a new average record of 58.76 seconds.
October 29, 2006Takahito Domon won the Rubik's Cube OGU Open 2006 with an average in the final of 16.03 seconds. Yohei Oka and Sinpei Araki finished second and third.
Asian records: Syoji Takamatsu Pyraminx 9.41 (single), 11.32 (average).
October 28, 2006Ron van Bruchem won the Dutch National Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 15.70 seconds. Joël van Noort and Maarten Stoelhorst finished second and third.
October 26, 2006Michael Fung broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube, with a new average record of 59.63 seconds.
October 23, 2006Marc van Beest broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube, with a new average record of 1 minute 0.22 seconds.
October 23, 2006Andy Tsao broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube blindfolded, with a new record of 1 minute 18.05 seconds.
October 23, 2006Nathan Moreau broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average record of 11.96 seconds.
October 23, 2006Marc van Beest broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube one-handed, with a new average record of 22.39 seconds.
October 22, 2006Gunnar Krig won the Swedish Open Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 18.18 seconds. Kĺre Krig and Jimmy Lindfors finished second and third.
World records: Kĺre Krig 3x3 with feet 2:56.02 (average), Gunnar Krig Siamese cube 48.43 (single), 57.20 (average), Rune Wesström oldest solver 76 years 187 days.
European records: Gunnar Krig 2x2 3.89 (single).
October 22, 2006Frank Morris won the G-Wiz Fall Competition 2006 with an average in the final of 17.29 seconds. Andrew Kang and Richard Patterson finished second and third.
World records: Frank Morris 5x5 1:46.28 (single), 1:55.24 (average), Chris Hardwick 4x4 blindfolded 8:04.90, 5x5 blindfolded 26:19.
American records: Richard Patterson Square-1 31.17 (single), 36.34 (average).
October 21, 2006Stefan Pochmann won the German National Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 16.54 seconds. Michel Bechtatou and Karlson Pfannschmidt finished second and third.
Full results are now available.
October 20, 2006Marc van Beest broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube one-handed, with a new average record of 23.43 seconds.
October 19, 2006Craig Bouchard broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Magic 8x2, with a new average record of 6.44 seconds. He also set a new single record of 5.38 seconds.
October 18, 2006The UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006 will be held on Saturday November 18, 2006 in Berkeley, California, USA. Contact the organisation team of Berkeley Cube Club for registration and more information.
October 17, 2006Buy Mr. Rubik's signature for charity.
October 16, 2006Yu Jeong-Min broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average record of 12.08 seconds.
October 16, 2006Craig Bouchard broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Magic, with a new average record of 1.06 seconds.
October 15, 2006Joël van Noort won the Dutch Open 2006 with an average in the final of 13.88 seconds. Ron van Bruchem and Stefan Pochmann finished second and third.
World records: Michael Fung 4x4 51.16 (single), 59.21 (average), Square-1 23.65 (single), 28.14 (average), Gilles van den Peereboom Magic 1.33 (average), Stefan Pochmann Megaminx 1:23.55 (single), 1:28.06 (average), Constantin Ceausu multiple blindfolded 5 cubes (equaled).
European records: Frédérick Badie 5x5 2:04.37 (average), Gilles van den Peereboom 3x3 one-handed 24.47 (single).
Asian records: Bernett Orlando Pyraminx 23.39 (single), 32.70 (average), Square-1 27.02 (single), 36.35 (average), Megaminx 5:44.62 (single), 6:01.07 (average).
Australian records: Jasmine Lee 3x3 25.59 (single), 28.19 (average), 4x4 2:57.96 (single), 5x5 5:40.16 (single), 2x2 13.72 (single), 18.78 (average), 3x3 one-handed 94.86 (single), 121.64 (average), Clock 28.29 (average), Peter Still Magic 3.78 (average).
Full results are now available.
October 11, 2006Marc van Beest broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube one-handed, with a new average record of 23.44 seconds.
October 11, 2006Illuminate Cube for sale. More pictures.
October 8, 2006Erik Akkersdijk broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 3.89 seconds.
October 8, 2006Picture of Rubik's Cube skateboard.
October 7, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Clock, with a new average record of 8.63 seconds.
October 6, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 cube with his feet, with a new average record of 58.49 seconds.
October 4, 2006The Japanese National Championship 2006 will be held on Sunday November 12, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Check out the Japanese Championship 2006 website for registration and more information.
October 4, 2006Erik Akkersdijk broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 3.96 seconds.
October 2, 2006Marc van Beest broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube one-handed, with a new average record of 24.57 seconds.
October 1, 2006Updated WCA World Rankings 2006 (including national records) are now available for all categories.
September 30, 2006Andrew Kang broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 13.52 seconds.
September 29, 2006The Rutgers Fall competition 2006 will be held on Saturday November 18, 2006 in Piscataway, New Jersey, USA. Send an e-mail to organizer Bob Burton for registration and more information.
September 28, 2006Harris Chan set an amazing average of 10.73 seconds for the computer 3x3x3 cube on ryanheise.com.
September 27, 2006Video of Rubot, a beautiful cube solving robot by Peter Redmond.
September 26, 2006Nathan Moreau broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average record of 12.24 seconds.
September 26, 2006Michael Fung broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube, with a new average record of 1 minute 0.48 seconds.
September 26, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Magic, with a new average record of 1.13 seconds.
September 25, 2006Joël van Noort won the European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 14.97 seconds, Jean Pons was second with 15.08 seconds and Anssi Vanhala was third with 15.79 seconds.
Other main event winners: Jean Pons (4x4), Ron van Bruchem (5x5), Mátyás Kuti (blindfolded), Gilles van den Peereboom (one-handed), Milán Baticz (2x2), Gilles Roux (fewest moves), Anssi Vanhala (with feet).
World records: Jean Pons 4x4 1:02.40 (average), Stefan Pochmann 5 cubes blindfolded, Stefan Pochmann Megaminx 1:29.05 (single), Mátyás Kuti Master Magic 2.48 (single), Clément Gallet speed blindfolded 23.06, Lars Vandenbergh Square-1 31.85 (average), Rune Wesström oldest solver (76 years 158 days).
European records: Joël van Noort 3x3 11.26 (single), Gilles van den Peereboom one-handed 29.09 (average), Alexander Ooms and Henrik Buus Aagaard Magic 1.35 (average), Daniël Hop youngest solver (5 years 61 days).
Full results are now available.
September 21, 2006Per Kristen Fredlund broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube, with a new average record of 1 minute 1.07 seconds.
September 20, 2006Yu Jeong-Min broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 13.57 seconds.
September 19, 2006The German National Championship 2006 will be held on October 21, 2006 in Essen, Germany. Check out the German Championship 2006 website for registration and more information.
September 19, 2006The Rubik's Cube OGU Open 2006 will be held on October 28, 2006 in Osaka, Japan. Check out the Rubik's Cube OGU Open 2006 website for registration and more information.
September 18, 2006Erik Akkersdijk broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 3.99 seconds.
September 18, 2006Tomasz Zolnowski won the Polish Open 2006 with an average in the final of 15.51 seconds, Lars Vandenbergh was second with 16.28 and Lukasz Cialon was third with 16.70.
World records: Lukasz Cialon 2x2x2 4.69 (average), Zbigniew Zborowski 3x3x3 Fewest moves 28 (equaled, single), Grzegorz Luczyna Pyraminx 8.46 (average), Piotr Kózka Pyraminx 4.18 (single).
Full results are now available.
September 14, 2006Watch live coverage of the Polish Open 2006 this weekend.
September 13, 2006The Dutch National Championship 2006 will be held on October 28, 2006 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Check out the Dutch Championship 2006 website for registration and more information.
September 13, 2006Ravi Fernando broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube without inspection, with a new average record of 15.67 seconds.
September 11, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new record of 2.10 seconds.
September 10, 2006Erik Akkersdijk broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 4.14 seconds.
September 5, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new record of 2.14 seconds.
September 5, 2006Nice documentary by Jeff Hsieh.
September 2, 2006Jiang Gan Yuan won an unofficial competition on August 27, 2006 in Guangzhou, China with an average in the final of 17.32 seconds. Wei Yi (22.86) and Wu Bo Wei (23.28) finished second and third. Full results are now available.
September 2, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new average record of 2.57 seconds. He also broke the single record with a time of 2.28 seconds.
September 2, 2006Edouard Chambon broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube without inspection, with a new average record of 15.83 seconds.
September 2, 2006The Swedish Open Championship 2006 will be held on October 21/22, 2006 in Södertälje, Sweden. Check out the Swedish Open 2006 website for more information and registration.
August 29, 2006Adam Wojtyla broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 4.16 seconds.
August 28, 2006Milán Baticz broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new record of 2.36 seconds.
August 28, 2006Kaho Idekawa is now unofficially the youngest person to have solved a Rubik's 5x5x5 Cube, aged only 8 years and 346 days.
August 27, 2006Erik Akkersdijk broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 4.58 seconds.
August 27, 2006Another video of a very young Rubik's Cube solver: Daniël Hop from The Netherlands doing his first ever solve at the age of 5 years and 31 days.
August 26, 2006Nice article in Taiwanese newspaper Taipei Times.
August 25, 2006The UK Open Championship 2006 will be held on November 18, 2006 in Leeds, United Kingdom. Send an e-mail to organizer Rich Kitching or check out the UK Open 2006 website for more information and registration.
August 24, 2006The Caltech Fall competition 2006 will be held on November 11, 2006 at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, USA. Send an e-mail to organizer Daniel Lo for registration and more information.
August 23, 2006Updated WCA World Rankings 2006 (including national records) are now available for all categories.
August 22, 2006Lucas Garron broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Square-1 blindfolded, with a new record of 13 minutes 43.32 seconds.
August 22, 2006Bob Burton broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new record of 2.43 seconds.
August 22, 2006Full results of the San Clemente High School competition 2006 (Unofficial) are now available.
August 22, 2006WCA Competition regulations version 2006 v2 now available in French (Gilles Roux), Hungarian (Olivér Nagy), Italian (Emanuele Scibilia), Japanese (Masayuki Akimoto), Korean (Choi Ilkyoo) and Polish (Krzysztof Boryczko).
August 15, 2006Stefan Pochmann broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Megaminx, with a new average record of 1 minute 27.60 seconds.
August 13, 2006Adam Wojtyla broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 4.86 seconds.
August 7, 2006Leyan Lo won the US Nationals 2006 with an 3x3x3 average of 15.50 seconds, Ryan Patricio was second with 15.61 and Toby Mao was third with 15.89.
World records: Toby Mao 3x3x3 10.48 (single), Frank Morris 5x5x5 1:58.66 (average), Chris Hardwick 5x5x5 blindfolded 28:28.22 (single), Chris Hardwick 4x4x4 blindfolded 12:11.79 (single), Ryan Patricio 3x3x3 one-handed 24.03 (average), Craig Bouchard Master Magic 2.73 (single), Craig Bouchard Magic 1.07 (single), Bob Burton Magic 1.34 (average).
American records: Frank Morris 5x5x5 1:47.40 (single), Bob Burton Master Magic 3.29 (average).
Full results are now available.
August 5, 2006Nice short movie.
August 3, 2006Updated WCA World Rankings 2006 (including national records) are now available for all categories.
August 1, 2006Pictures of Czech Open Championship 2006 by Olivér Nagy. Video of Milán Baticz (equaled) world record for Rubik's Magic. Picture of the inventor of Square-1: Karel Hrsel from Czech Republic.
July 31, 2006Stefan Pochmann broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Megaminx, with a new average record of 1 minute 28.69 seconds.
July 30, 2006Yuki Hayashi won the Tokyo Open Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 16.13 seconds. Mitsuki Gunji and Takahito Domon finished second and third.
World records: Yui Tomita Youngest solver 3x3x3 4 years 256 days (time: 1 minute 48.28 seconds).
Asian records: Takayuki Ookusa 5x5x5 1:53.02 (single).
Full results are now available.
July 30, 2006The San Clemente High School competition 2006 (Unofficial) will be held on August 12, 2006 in San Clemente, CA, USA. Send an e-mail to organizer Rory Margraf for more information and registration.
July 28, 2006Rubik's Cube featured in trailer of the movie The Pursuit of Happyness.
Will Smith trained by Tyson and Toby Mao.
July 25, 2006Video of 3 year old En-xi Xie from China (born March 21, 2003) solving Rubik's Cube, by Jiang Gan Yuan.
July 25, 2006Pictures of Czech Open Championship 2006 by Gábor Szabó.
July 25, 2006Pictures and report (in Spanish) of David Calvo's speedcubing demonstration in Barcelona.
July 24, 2006Video of short Czech national tv report on Czech Open Championship 2006.
July 23, 2006Matt Walter won the Czech Open Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 15.28 seconds. Ron van Bruchem and Gilles van den Peereboom finished second and third.
World records: Milán Baticz Magic 1.40 (average), Rune Wesström Oldest Solver 3x3x3 76 years 96 days (time: 36.57 seconds).
Full results are now available.
July 23, 2006Ming-Hao Kang won the Taiwanese Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 19.08 seconds. Wei-Jiunn Jang and Wei-Hsiang Lin finished second and third.
Full results are now available.
July 23, 2006Syoji Takamatsu won the Japanese Pyraminx Championship 2006.
Full results (unofficial) are now available.
July 20, 2006Version 2006 v2 of the WCA regulations is now official. From July 21, 2006 all official WCA competitions must follow this new version of the regulations.
Your feedback on the regulations is always welcome on the WCA forum.
July 19, 2006Frank Morris did the 42 cube marathon in 12 minutes 7.98 seconds.
July 16, 2006The Dutch Open Championship 2006 will be held on October 14/15, 2006 in Delft, The Netherlands. Send an e-mail to organizer Ron van Bruchem or check out the championship page for more information and registration.
July 13, 2006Jeong Seok Hwan broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Magic, with a new record of 0.89 seconds.
July 11, 2006Check out and vote for the mini-documentary Rubik's Cube World Record by Samantha Grant of GUSH Productions.
July 8, 2006Please review the draft version of the WCA regulations 2006 v2, with the following changes. Your feedback is welcome on the WCA forum.
July 7, 2006Mitchell Stern broke the Unofficial World Record for solving The Brain, with a new record of 28.31 seconds. Check out the video, hosted on strangepuzzle.com.
July 2, 2006The Taiwanese Championship 2006 will be held on July 23, 2006 in Taichung, Taiwan. Send an e-mail to organizer Warren Liao or check out the championship website for more information and registration.
June 29, 2006Craig Bouchard broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Magic 8x2, with a new average record of 7.09 seconds. He also set a new single record of 5.93 seconds.
June 28, 2006Stefan Pochmann solved a Square-1 blindfolded, in 41 minutes 31.15 seconds.
June 24, 2006Zbigniew Zborowski broke the official WCA cube marathon record, solving 3,390 Rubik's cubes in 24 hours. The old record was 3,141 cubes, set in February 2006 by Brent Morgan.
A group of 6 Polish cubers (Lukasz Cialon 3355, Adam Wojtyla 2540, Zbigniew Zborowski 3390, Artur Justynski 2162, Adrian Banas 2481 and Tadeusz Tomala 2011) solved a total of 15,939 cubes in 24 hours.
Check out the full results.
June 23, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Master Magic, with a new average record of 2.68 seconds.
June 23, 2006"Rubik's Redux: Cue the Cube"
June 21, 2006Video (bottom of TV appearances) of Takahito Domon on Japanese tv, hosted by Rubiks.biz.
June 21, 2006Mike Tryczak broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Skewb, with a new record of 6.01 seconds.
June 18, 2006The Japanese Pyraminx Championship 2006 will be held on July 15, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Send an e-mail to Hideki Kamishita or check out the championship website for more information and registration. Foreign cubers are welcome to participate.
June 16, 2006Mátyás Kuti broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Clock, with a new average record of 8.93 seconds.
Some videos of Mátyás ("Hungarian videos").
June 15, 2006Nice article about Andy Camann's two hour cube marathon. Andy solved 300 cubes.
Check out the pictures.
June 13, 2006Yu Jeong-Min broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 13.73 seconds.
June 11, 2006Gunnar Krig won Chalmers Open 2006 with an average in the final of 18.06 seconds. David Wesley and Kĺre Krig finished second and third.
World records: Gunnar Krig 2x2x2 5.38 (average).
Full results are now available.
June 10, 2006Rubik's Cube appearance in teaser of new German movie TKKG.
June 10, 2006Near meltdown at Three Mile Island because of a Rubik's Cube?
June 10, 2006Who is this guy? Definitely inspired by Chris Hardwick's video. "It was all done for real"...
June 9, 2006Yu Jeong-Min broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 14.06 seconds.
June 8, 2006Lars Vandenbergh and Dan Harris did a Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube team solve in 46.61 seconds.
June 5, 2006Thibaut Jacquinot broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 14.16 seconds.
June 1, 2006Erik Akkersdijk broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 4.87 seconds.
June 1, 2006Piotr Kózka broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Pyraminx, with a new average record of 8.06 seconds.
June 1, 2006The Tokyo Open Championship 2006 will be held on July 30, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Send an e-mail to the organization team for more information and registration. Foreign cubers are welcome to participate.
May 30, 2006Updated WCA World Rankings 2006 (including national records) are now available for all categories.
May 29, 2006Thom Barlow broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 5.00 seconds.
May 29, 2006Piotr Kózka broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Pyraminx, with a new average record of 8.15 seconds.
May 28, 2006Leyan Lo won the San Diego competition 2006 with an average in the final of 14.91 seconds. Ryan Patricio and Tyson Mao finished second and third.
Full results are now available.
May 28, 2006Matt Walter won the Trumbull Spring competition 2006 with an average in the final of 14.81 seconds. Anthony Hsu and Nathaniel Day finished second and third.
World records: Anthony Hsu 2x2x2 3.55 (single), Bob Burton Magic 1.40 (average).
American records: Anthony Hsu 2x2x2 6.59 (average).
Full results are now available.
May 27, 2006More videos of the French National Championship 2006, recorded by Thomas Le Roux, hosted by Gilles Roux.
May 27, 2006Jimmy Coll broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new record of 2.47 seconds.
May 26, 2006Frank Morris tested the 5x5x5 and 6x6x6 designs by Panayiotis Verdes. Check out the videos (bottom of the page) and newspaper article 1 and article 2. Also check out Frank's report.
May 25, 2006On April 6, 2006 9 year old J. Bernett Orlando solved a Rubik's Cube blindfolded for the Success Network Perambalur in Chennai, India. Check out the video!
May 23, 2006Erik Akkersdijk broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 5.12 seconds.
May 21, 2006Nathan Moreau broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average record of 12.56 seconds.
May 19, 2006Exploratorium posted a page on the United States National Championship 2006.
May 17, 2006The Czech Open Championship 2006 will be held on July 23, 2006 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Send an e-mail to organizer Josef Jelinek for more information. For registrations use the online registration form.
May 16, 2006This happened to Chris Thiessen's cube when his colleagues found it and put it into the freezer.
May 15, 2006The German National Championship 2006 will be held on October 21, 2006 in Essen, Germany. More details will follow in August 2006. Send an e-mail to organizer Ron van Bruchem for registration and more information.
May 13, 2006Very nice magic trick (Japanese version) with Rubik's Cube. Now find the similaries with the Korean version and the German version. That cube isn't solvable at all... (11 white/yellow/green, 10 red and 9 blue stickers)
May 9, 2006The Polish Open Rubik's Championship 2006 will be held on September 16/17, 2006 in Wadowice, Poland. Check out Speedcubing.com.pl for more details and the online registration form.
May 7, 2006Takayuki Ookusa broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 5x5x5 Cube, with a new average record of 1 minute 55.28 seconds. He also set a new single record of 1 minute 34.68 seconds.
May 7, 2006Michael Fung broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Square-1, with a new average record of 24.43 seconds. He also set a new single record of 17.72 seconds.
May 7, 2006Dan Harris posted a nice picture report of his speedcubing demonstrations at a Hong Kong trade fair.
May 7, 2006Joël van Noort won the Belgian Open 2006 with an average in the final of 14.73 seconds. Lars Vandenbergh and Ron van Bruchem finished second and third.
World records: Ron van Bruchem 5x5x5 1:47.22 (single), Lars Vandenbergh Square-1 25.04 (single), Alexander Ooms Master Magic 3.21 (average).
European records: Ron van Bruchem 4x4x4 56.41 (single).
Full results are now available.
May 4, 2006Alexander Ooms broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Master Magic, with a new record of 2.49 seconds.
May 4, 2006Nice video of someone conquering the cube.
May 1, 2006The G-Wiz Fall competition 2006 will be held on October 21, 2006 in Sarasota, Florida, USA. Send an e-mail to organizer Chris Pelley for registration and more information. Also check out the competition website.
April 30, 2006Anthony Hsu won the Rutgers Spring competition 2006 with an average in the final of 17.08 seconds. Cory Loviglio and David Barr finished second and third.
Full results are now available.
April 27, 2006Someone help that poor old cube.
April 25, 2006Updated WCA World Rankings 2006 (including national records) are now available for all categories.
April 24, 2006Frank Morris won the Draughons Eastern competition 2006 with an average in the final of 16.57 seconds. Richard Patterson and Dan Knights finished second and third.
American records: Frank Morris 5x5x5 2:08.20 (average).
Full results are now available.
April 23, 2006Some articles and videos of the French National Championship 2006.
April 23, 2006"The magic cube disease has started tormenting people."
April 22, 2006Joël van Noort won the German Open Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 15.71 seconds. Gunnar Krig and Ron van Bruchem finished second and third.
World records: Stefan Pochmann Megaminx 1:32.30 (single), 1:33.76 (average). Lars Vandenbergh Square-1: 32.01 (average).
Full results are now available.
April 20, 2006Thibaut Jacquinot won the French National Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 15.38 seconds. Jean Pons and Edouard Chambon finished second and third.
Full results are now available.
April 20, 2006Stefan Pochmann broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Megaminx, with a new record of 1 minute 13.94 seconds.
April 18, 2006The United States National Championship 2006 will be held on August 4/5/6, 2006 in San Francisco, California, USA. More detais to be announced. Send an e-mail to organizer Tyson Mao for registration and more information.
April 18, 2006The Rutgers Spring competition 2006 will be held on April 29, 2006 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Send an e-mail to organizer Bob Burton for registration and more information.
April 17, 2006Jean Pons broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 14.19 seconds.
April 16, 2006Shotaro Makisumi won the Caltech Spring competition 2006 with an average in the final of 14.34 seconds. Ryan Patricio and Leyan Lo finished second and third.
World records: Ryan Patricio 3x3x3 one-handed 20.09 (single), 26.58 (average).
Asian Records: Shotaro Makisumi 3x3x3 14.03 (average), Warren Liao Magic 1.53 (single). American records: Ryan Patricio 3x3x3 14.56 (average).
Full results are now available.
April 15, 2006Rubik's Cube in article in Muscle & Fitness magazine.
April 15, 2006Frank Morris solved a Rubik's 2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Cube in 3 minutes 27.81 seconds.
April 10, 2006The Trumbull Spring competition 2006 will be held on May 27, 2006 in Trumbull, Connecticut, USA. Send an e-mail to organizers Scott Bedard and Peter Greenwood for registration and more information.
April 10, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach third place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.03 seconds.
April 8, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average of 100 record of 14.47 seconds.
April 8, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach fourth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.45 seconds.
April 8, 2006Takahito Domon broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach eighth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.78 seconds.
April 7, 2006Jean Pons broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube, with a new average record of 12.77 seconds.
April 2, 2006Yet another funny video ("New Scramble Algorithm") by Gilles Roux.
March 28, 2006The European Championship 2006 will be held on September 23/24, 2006 in Paris, France. More details will follow end of April 2006.
March 28, 2006Nice article in newspaper The News Tribune.
March 28, 2006Casey Pernsteiner broke her Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach seventh place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.78 seconds.
March 24, 2006Yui Tomita is now unofficially the youngest person to have solved a Rubik's Cube, aged only 4 years and 124 days. Check out her video.
March 23, 2006Updated WCA World Rankings 2006 (including national records) are now available for all categories.
March 23, 2006Video of Anssi Vanhala's 3x3x3 average world record of 13.22 seconds. Created by Erik and Örjan Johansson.
March 21, 2006Frank Morris solved a Rubik's 2x2x2 + 3x3x3 + 4x4x4 + 5x5x5 Cube in 3 minutes 40.72 seconds.
March 20, 2006Ravi Fernando broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach seventh place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.80 seconds.
March 20, 2006Jason Thong broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach tenth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.94 seconds.
March 19, 2006Anssi Vanhala won the SveKub Annual Meeting competition 2006 with an average in the final of 13.22 seconds. Gunnar Krig and Marcus Gerhardsson finished second and third.
World records: Anssi Vanhala 3x3x3 13.22 (average), 3x3x3 with feet 1:18.15 (single), 3x3x3 3 in a row 53.42 (single). Gunnar Krig 2x2x2 one-handed 11.92 (single), 13.47 (average).
European records: Anssi Vanhala 3x3x3 One-handed 25.17 (single), 30.99 (average).
Full results are now available.
March 19, 2006Belgian Open Championship 2006 will be held on Saturday May 6, 2006 in Brussels, Belgium. Please register at the Belgian Open 2006 website. Send an e-mail to organizer Gilles van den Peereboom for more information.
March 11, 2006Leyan Lo won the Chattahoochee Spring competition 2006 with an average in the final of 15.75 seconds. Tyson Mao and Andrew Kang finished second and third. World records: 3x3x3 blindfolded Leyan Lo 1:28.82, 5x5x5 blindfolded Chris Hardwick 55:21.21.
Full results are now available.
March 10, 2006Reese Hoffa: 2006 world champion shot put and Rubik's Cube fan. Would love to hear more from him!
March 5, 2006Kazuya Kawamoto won the Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006 with an average in the final of 18.32 seconds. Yuji Suse and Tatsuya Ookubo finished second and third. Asian records: Takayuki Ookusa 5x5x5 1:59.13 (single), 2:16.83 (average).
Full results are now available.
March 5, 2006Snow cube by Olivér Nagy.
March 4, 2006J. Bernett Orlando broke his Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube average record, with an average of 1 minute 10.82 seconds. Bernett is now in the Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube top 10, aged only 9 years old.
March 3, 2006Caltech Spring competition 2006 will be held on Saturday April 15, 2006 at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, USA. Send an e-mail to organizer Daniel Lo for registration and more information.
February 28, 2006French National Championship 2006 will be held on Thursday April 20, 2006 in Paris, France. Please send the registration form to organizer Nicole Chiri at Winning Moves France.
February 27, 2006Rubik's Cube not longstanding? How wrong can you be?
February 27, 2006Brent Morgan broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach shared seventh place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.88 seconds.
February 26, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke the Unofficial World Record for solving 3 Rubik's 3x3x3 cubes in a row, with a new average record of 49.21 seconds. He also set a new single record of 42.93 seconds.
February 26, 2006Anssi Vanhala did the 42 cube marathon in 12 minutes 20 seconds.
February 25, 2006Nathan Moreau broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach fifth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.68 seconds.
February 22, 2006Chattahoochee Spring competition 2006 will be held on March 11, 2006 in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA. Send an e-mail to organizer Joy Wang for registration and more information.
February 21, 2006Casey Pernsteiner broke her Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to become the first woman to average under 15 seconds, with a new average record of 14.94 seconds.
February 20, 2006Jon Morris broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach ninth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 14.06 seconds.
February 18, 2006Brent Morgan broke the official WCA cube marathon record, solving 3,141 Rubik's cubes in 24 hours. The old record was 2,000 cubes, set in 2002 by Jess Bonde.
February 13, 2006Gilles Roux broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach sixth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.88 seconds.
February 13, 2006Report of meeting John Louis and Bernett Orlando in Chennai, December 2005.
February 12, 2006Rei Idekawa is among the youngest persons to have solved a Rubik's Cube, aged only 5 years 7 months and 28 days.
February 12, 2006Report of an informal Finnish cube meeting.
February 9, 2006Sunwoo Ban is now unofficially the youngest person to have solved a Rubik's Cube, aged only 5 years and 3 months. Check out his video.
February 7, 2006Mina Tomita is among the youngest persons to have solved a Rubik's Cube, aged only 6 years and 47 days.
February 7, 2006Nice commercial with a short cube appearance.
February 6, 2006From February 17 to 18, 2006 Brent Morgan will try to break the official 24 hour cube marathon record at Caltech in Pasadena, California, USA. The current record was set in 2002 by Jess Bonde, when Jess solved 2,000 cubes in 24 hours. Contact Tyson Mao if you want to spectate or assist in the record attempt.
February 5, 2006San Diego competition 2006 will be held on May 27, 2006 in San Diego, California, USA. Send an e-mail to organizer Adam Zamora for registration and more information.
February 4, 2006Thomas Watiotienne and Cyrille Cornu unofficially solved 2,297 Rubik's 3x3x3 Cubes in 24 hours, averaging 37.61 seconds per cube.
February 3, 2006Very nice video of a tv appearance by German champion Michel Bechtatou.
February 2, 2006Nathan Moreau broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach eighth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 14.15 seconds.
January 29, 2006Chalmers Open 2006 will be held on June 10, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Send an e-mail to organizer Anders Larsson for registration and more information.
January 29, 2006Michael Fung broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Square-1, with a new average record of 27.32 seconds.
January 28, 2006Stefan Pochmann broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Domino, with a new average record of 17.71 seconds. He also set a new single record of 14.20 seconds.
January 27, 2006The Osaka Rubik's Cube contest 2006 will be held on March 5, 2006 in Osaka, Japan. Send an e-mail to organizer Masayuki Akimoto for registration and more information.
January 27, 2006The German Open Championship 2006 will be held on April 21/22, 2006 in G?oh, Germany. Send an e-mail to organizer Ron van Bruchem for registration and more information.
January 26, 2006Stefan Pochmann broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Domino, with a new average record of 18.52 seconds. He also set a new single record of 14.36 seconds.
January 24, 2006The SveKub Annual Meeting competition 2006 will be held on March 18/19, 2006 in Norrk?g, Sweden. Send an e-mail to organizer Anders Larsson for registration and more information.
January 24, 2006Additional video (tv coverage) of Korean Championship 2006.
January 23, 2006Some videos of the Korean Championship 2006.
January 23, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 3x3x3 cube with his feet, with a new average record of 1 minute 8.78 seconds.
January 22, 2006Yoon Seon-Gyu won the Korean Championship 2006 with an average in the final of 16.68 seconds. Jo Myeong-Gyu and Sin Ju Hwan finished second and third.
Full results are now available.
January 16, 2006Video of a tv appearance by Quinn Lewis.
January 15, 2006Shotaro Makisumi won the Caltech Winter competition 2006 with an average in the final of 14.91 seconds. Leyan Lo and Toby Mao finished second and third.
World records: 3x3x3 Leyan Lo 11.13 (single). American records: 3x3x3 Leyan Lo 15.17 (average), 4x4x4 Frank Morris 1:04.72 (average), Magic Clancy Cochran 1.47 (average). Asian records: Magic Warren Liao 1.55 (single), 2.13 (average).
Full results are now available.
January 14, 2006WE HAVE A NEW WORLD RECORD!
Leyan Lo broke the official Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube world record during the Caltech Winter competition 2006, with a new record of 11.13 seconds.
January 14, 2006Very nice article about 5x5x5 world champion Frank Morris.
January 14, 2006Final version of new WCA regulations is available and must be used for all 2006 competitions.
January 13, 2006The Korean Championship 2006 will be held on Sunday January 22, 2006 in Seoul, Korea. Send an e-mail to organizer Kim Kyung-Ho for registration and more information.
January 11, 2006Chris Hardwick broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube blindfolded, with a new record of 12 minutes 4.64 seconds.
January 9, 2006Anssi Vanhala broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach ninth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 14.30 seconds.
January 9, 2006Sander Hendrickx broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Clock, with a new average record of 9.73 seconds. He also set a new single record of 7.97 seconds.
January 8, 2006Thibaut Jacquinot broke the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube, with a new average record of 5.18 seconds.
January 7, 2006Sander Hendrickx equalled the Unofficial World Record for solving Rubik's Clock, with an average record of 9.89 seconds.
January 5, 2006Nice video of Wei Jiunn Jang appearing on Taiwanese tv.
January 4, 2006Online announcement of the upcoming Caltech Winter competition 2006.
January 1, 2006HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR PUZZLE FRIENDS!
January 1, 2006Takahito Domon broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube average record to reach sixth place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top 10, with an average of 13.95 seconds.
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