World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007
- Date
- Oct 5 - 7, 2007
- City
- Budapest, Hungary
- Venue
- Address
- Alkotas utca 63-67, 1123 Budapest
- Details
Patria theatre
- Website
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegates
- Gilles Roux, Ron van Bruchem, and Tyson Mao (毛台勝)
- Information
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 214
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Article 3, before competition
Article on Caboodle.hu
Article before competition
Article 2, before competition
Article in Hungarian, before competition
Article in Hungarian 2, before competition
Article in Hungarian 3, before competition
Article in Hungarian 4, before competition
Article in Hungarian 5, before competition
Article in Hungarian 6, before competition
Article in German, before competition
BBC
Article 4, before the competition
Article 5, before the competition
Article 6, before the competition
Article 8, before competition
Article 9, before competition
Article 10, before competition
Article 1
Article 2: Time
Article Hungarian 1: Metro
Article Hungarian 4
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7 minute video on Guardian unlimited
Dan Harris on newspaper website
BBC: Dan Harris and Dave Hedley Jones
CNN: Ryan Patricio and Leyan Lo
Polish tv
Anssi Vanhala feet solving
Press video by ITN
Video of fastest 3x3 solve of WC 2007
Eivind Fonn on Norwegian tv
German tv
Another video on Guardian unlimited
Ryan Patricio on CNN
Andrew Kang on MyFox Atlanta
Pictures by Pedro Santos
Videos by Pedro Santos
Pictures and videos by Dennis Nilsson
Pictures by Markus Pirzer
Pictures by Bernett Orlando
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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Yu Nakajima (中島悠) won with an average of 12.46 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Andrew Kang finished second (13.05) and Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) finished third (13.05).
World records: Erik Akkersdijk Megaminx 1:17.46 (single) and Megaminx 1:19.16 (average); Mátyás Kuti 5x5x5 Cube 1:45.07 (average); Rafał Guzewicz 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 6/6 47:58 (single) and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style 6/6 47:58 (single); Ryan Patricio 3x3x3 One-Handed 21.13 (average); Łukasz Ciałoń 2x2x2 Cube 3.91 (average).
Asian records: Bernett Orlando 5x5x5 Blindfolded 55:39.00 (single), 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 3/3 27:04 (single), and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style 3/3 27:04 (single); Mitsuki Gunji (郡司光貴) 3x3x3 One-Handed 18.06 (single); Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎) 2x2x2 Cube 2.82 (single) and 3x3x3 Blindfolded 1:39.56 (single); Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢) 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 37 (single) and 4x4x4 Blindfolded 12:58.00 (single).
Oceanian records: Peter Still Magic 2.91 (single) and Magic 3.17 (average).
European records: Dror Vomberg 4x4x4 Blindfolded 12:22.00 (single); Tomasz Żołnowski 5x5x5 Cube 1:42.51 (single).
North American records: Andrew Kang 3x3x3 Cube 13.44 (average) and 3x3x3 Cube 13.05 (average); Bob Burton Clock 18.04 (average).
South American records: Pedro Santos Guimarães 3x3x3 Cube 15.77 (single), 3x3x3 Cube 16.67 (average), 3x3x3 Cube 13.00 (single), 4x4x4 Cube 1:32.78 (single), 4x4x4 Cube 1:22.02 (single), 3x3x3 Blindfolded 2:08.97 (single), 3x3x3 One-Handed 26.52 (single), 3x3x3 One-Handed 26.47 (single), and 3x3x3 One-Handed 27.30 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Cube | Yu Nakajima (中島悠) | 11.50 | 12.46 | NR | Japan | 11.50 | 13.43 | 14.38 | 12.16 | 11.78 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Łukasz Ciałoń | 3.27 | 3.91 | WR | Poland | 4.28 | 3.65 | 4.96 | 3.27 | 3.80 | ||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Mátyás Kuti | 57.43 | 1:02.37 | Hungary | 1:02.78 | 57.43 | 1:10.36 | 1:06.61 | 57.71 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Mátyás Kuti | 1:43.68 | NR | 1:45.07 | WR | Hungary | 1:46.65 | 1:46.78 | 1:43.69 | 1:44.88 | 1:43.68 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Rafał Guzewicz | 1:32.53 | DNF | Poland | 2:04.00 | DNF | 1:32.53 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Zbigniew Zborowski | 35 | Poland | 35 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Ryan Patricio | 19.18 | 21.13 | WR | United States | 22.46 | 21.53 | 19.18 | 19.41 | 27.40 | ||
| Clock | Ernesto Fernández Regueira | 10.37 | 11.20 | NR | Spain | 10.37 | 11.53 | 11.71 | ||||
| Megaminx | Erik Akkersdijk | 1:17.46 | WR | 1:19.16 | WR | Netherlands | 1:19.60 | 1:17.46 | 1:20.43 | |||
| Pyraminx | Grzegorz Łuczyna | 5.73 | 6.74 | Poland | 6.37 | 7.29 | 9.89 | 5.73 | 6.55 | |||
| Square-1 | Grzegorz Prusak | 20.40 | 21.34 | Poland | 21.45 | 22.18 | 20.40 | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Chris Hardwick | 12:01.00 | United States | DNF | 12:01.00 | |||||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Bernett Orlando | 55:39.00 | AsR | India | 55:39.00 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Rafał Guzewicz | 6/6 47:58 | WR | Poland | 6/6 47:58 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Anssi Vanhala | 49.33 | Finland | 49.33 | ||||||||
| Magic | Róbert Örkényi | 1.01 | 1.19 | Hungary | 1.06 | 1.01 | 1.40 | DNF | 1.12 | |||
| Master Magic | Máté Horváth | 2.03 | 2.24 | Hungary | 2.14 | 2.71 | 2.45 | 2.14 | 2.03 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style | Rafał Guzewicz | 6/6 47:58 | WR | Poland | 6/6 47:58 | |||||||
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.