Some of the fastest speedcubers in the world followed the tour in its entirety, including Feliks Zemdegs and Antoine Cantin. In terms of other competitions, the Latin America Cubing Tour was set to take place in the several weeks before the World Championships across the continent of South America. The end result was hypothesised to be unveiled at the World Championships, something which contributed further to the hype of the competition. As Rubik’s puzzle had often been entirely disregarded in the past due to their rigid nature (and their poor attempt at challenging the market with their original Rubik’s speedcube), it was interesting to see that Rubik’s were willing to listen to the community and take some advice from a speedcube manufacturer that the community respected.
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In addition to the speed that registration filled up, there had been speculation about the possibility of a collaboration cube between Rubik’s and Gan Puzzle, a leading speedcube manufacturer. The new Gan/Rubik's collaboration cube was part of the registration package gave out to all competitors This set the stage for the World Championships to be the largest competition of all time (unfortunately the final number of competitors fell just short of the Asia Championship in 2016, but it destroyed every other previous World Championship). In fact, there were so many additional competitors registered that the total competitor limit was increased to 1100 competitors shortly after.
After registration opened for all events, the community was shocked to see that the 1000 person competitor limit had been reached in just a few weeks. The run-up to the World Championships was arguably just as exciting as the actual competition itself. The Run-Up – Hype, Speculation and World Records Both history and memories were built here, and here we will overview some of the highlights and scenes from the most competitive Rubik’s Cube competition ever. The Rubik’s Cube World Championships took place in 2017 between the 13 th and 16 th of July in Paris, France, where over a thousand speedcubers from all different backgrounds and nationalities came together to compete. While most local competitions offer certificates, medals or trophies, the World Championships offers huge cash incentives for those who can see off all of the competition to come in the top-3. Every two years, some of the fastest speedcubers across the globe meet at one venue to compete for the World Champion title in their respective events.Įrno Rubik the inventor of the Cube and Max Park, the winner of the Rubik's Cube World Championship 2017 Paris Rubik’s Cube speedsolving has its own version – The World Championships. We have the World Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Winter Games and many more.
Most hobbies or sports have one competition, normally annually or biannually, that trumps the rest in terms of the competition, the stakes and the glory. Home » Blog » Rubik's Cube World Championships 2017 Paris Rubik's Cube World Championships 2017 Paris Published: July 24, 2017
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