World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009
- Date
- Oct 9 - 11, 2009
- City
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Venue
- Address
- Karl-Hohmann-Straße 1, Düsseldorf
- Website
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegates
- Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行), Ron van Bruchem, and Tyson Mao (毛台勝)
- Information
5th World Rubik's Cube Championship
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 327
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Square-1 WR 10.96
"This is GenIUs" coverage
Compilation video 2
Compilation video
Pictures by François Sechet
Pictures by Owidiusz Pryk
Pictures and videos by Hyppolyte Moreau and Antoine Piau
Spongebob Mosaic
Pictures on www.speedcubers.de
Photos by Maik Wiesegart
Photos by Lars Vandenbergh
Pictures by Philippines team
Russian tv
Pictures and videos of Russian team
Spiegel TV
Bálint Bodor Megaminx 57.94 WR
Pictures by Maik Wiesegart
video of Rubik's Cube final
Pictures by Frank Tiex
Tv appearance
Fastest solve of the competition
Many videos
German national tv after day 2
German national tv
Australian tv
Pictures by Adam Joks
Pictures by Stephane Escaich
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Breandan Vallance won with an average of 10.74 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Erik Akkersdijk finished second (11.52) and Tomasz Żołnowski finished third (11.64).
World records: Bálint Bodor Megaminx 57.94 (single); Dan Cohen 4x4x4 Cube 36.46 (single); Michał Halczuk 7x7x7 Cube 3:43.15 (single); Piotr Michał Padlewski Square-1 10.96 (single); Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) 3x3x3 One-Handed 16.90 (average).
Asian records: Ryosuke Mondo (門戸良介) 5x5x5 Blindfolded 26:30.00 (single); Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 29 (single), 3x3x3 One-Handed 18.64 (average), and 4x4x4 Blindfolded 8:41.85 (single).
European records: Erik Akkersdijk 4x4x4 Cube 39.43 (single); Michał Halczuk 7x7x7 Cube 4:01.23 (average); Piotr Michał Padlewski Square-1 15.21 (average); Rafał Guzewicz 5x5x5 Blindfolded 15:43.00 (single).
North American records: Dan Cohen 4x4x4 Cube 46.94 (average), Megaminx 1:20.34 (single), and Megaminx 1:27.30 (average); Timothy Sun 3x3x3 With Feet 58.38 (single).
South American records: Pedro Santos Guimarães 4x4x4 Cube 53.30 (single), 4x4x4 Cube 1:07.85 (average), 3x3x3 One-Handed 18.27 (single), Megaminx 1:35.77 (average), and 4x4x4 Blindfolded 13:09.00 (single); Renan Mondini Cerpe 2x2x2 Cube 3.33 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 9.63 | 10.74 | NR | United Kingdom | 10.19 | 11.78 | 11.80 | 10.25 | 9.63 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Rowe Hessler | 2.46 | 3.28 | United States | 5.25 | 3.68 | 3.40 | 2.46 | 2.77 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Shuhei Omura (大村周平) | 43.19 | 45.18 | NR | Japan | 49.05 | 44.31 | 43.19 | 46.08 | 45.16 | ||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Dan Cohen | 1:10.40 | 1:18.20 | United States | 1:10.40 | 1:19.02 | 1:23.11 | 1:20.59 | 1:15.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Dan Cohen | 2:22.58 | 2:36.65 | United States | 2:57.27 | 2:30.09 | 2:22.58 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Michał Halczuk | 3:43.15 | WR | 4:01.23 | ER | Poland | 4:11.28 | 3:43.15 | 4:09.27 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Guillain Potron | 1:05.43 | NR | DNF | France | 1:05.43 | 1:39.56 | DNF | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Olivér Perge | 26 | NR | Hungary | 26 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) | 15.55 | 16.90 | WR | Japan | 17.18 | 15.55 | 16.40 | 22.38 | 17.11 | ||
| Clock | Koen Wermer | 8.18 | NR | 9.43 | NR | Netherlands | 9.11 | 8.53 | 10.65 | 12.77 | 8.18 | |
| Megaminx | Bálint Bodor | 57.94 | WR | 1:05.32 | NR | Hungary | 1:08.53 | 1:09.50 | 57.94 | |||
| Pyraminx | Yohei Oka (岡要平) | 3.88 | 4.87 | Japan | 4.61 | 3.88 | 5.08 | 5.77 | 4.93 | |||
| Square-1 | Piotr Michał Padlewski | 10.96 | WR | 15.21 | ER | Poland | 16.30 | 10.96 | 17.91 | 13.86 | 15.47 | |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Kai Jiptner | 7:02.66 | NR | Germany | DNF | 7:02.66 | ||||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Rafał Guzewicz | 15:43.00 | ER | Poland | 15:43.00 | DNF | ||||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Tim Habermaas | 12/14 52:50 | Germany | 12/14 52:50 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) | 55.34 | NR | Japan | 55.34 | |||||||
| Magic | Olivér Perge | 0.94 | 1.01 | Hungary | 1.02 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 1.02 | DNF | |||
| Master Magic | Máté Horváth | 1.93 | 2.22 | Hungary | 2.36 | 2.21 | 2.22 | 2.22 | 1.93 | |||
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.