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 Rubiks Cube Records
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Wed, 18 May 2005 07:29
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Came across this while randomly googling...
The best time for restoring the cube in an official championship was 12.11 sec by Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) at the Caltech Spring Tournament on 3 April 2004. On the same occasion , he set the record for the average from five attempts (where the best one and the slowest one did not count) with 15.38 sec.
Record time for the 4x4x4 cube (Rubik's Revenge): 1:08.12 min by Frank Morris (USA) at Caltech Winter Tournament on 15 January 2005
Record time for the 5x5x5 cube: 2:08.45 min by Lars Vandenbergh (Belgium) at the European Championships 2004 in Amsterdam
One handed record: 25.95 sec by Christopher Hardwick (USA) at the US Championships on 10 July 2004.
With feet only: 5:44,32 minutes by Kåre Krig (Sweden) at the European Championships 2004 in Amsterdam
Blindfold, most cubes: three cubes: Geir Ugelstad (Norway), 14 Dec 1998 in Stockholm and Ralf Laue (Germany), 3 Feb 2001 in Halle/Saale. (DETAILS)
Blindfold, fastest time: 2:57.97 minutes (including memorising), Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) at the Caltech Winter Tournament on 15 January 2005
Blindfold 4x4x4 cube: 19:54 min (including memorising), Dror Vomberg (Israel) at the European Championships 2004 in Amsterdam
Blindfold 5x5x5 cube: 2:34:36 hrs (including memorising), Stefan Pochmann (Germany) at the European Championships 2004 in Amsterdam
The fastest time for solving 2000 cubes was achieved by Jess Bonde (Denmark). He solved 2000 cubes in 22:16 hours on 16/17 Dec 2002 in Arhus. (DETAILS)
The largest Rubik's Cube was built by Daniel Urlings (Luxemburg). Its edges are 3.52 m [3 yd 2 ft 7 in] long.
The most expensive Rubik's Cube was the Masterpiece Cube, produced by Diamond Cutters International in 1995. The actual-size, fully functional cube features 22.5 karats of amethyst, 34 karats of rubies, and 34 karats of emeralds, all set in 18-karat gold. It has been valued at about US-$ 1.5 mio.
The youngest person who solved a Rubik's Cube was John Ismael Ugelstad (Norway aged 5 years 117 days) who solved three standard Rubik's Cubes on 28 Dec 2004.
I thought it was really cool, but wonder what the rules are for the blindfolded matches....you would have to look at some point, or the squares have different textures or something...
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Castle Hill NSW
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Sydney, NSW
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Re: Rubiks Cube Records
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Thu, 19 May 2005 06:45
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Never attempted one...
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Re: Rubiks Cube Records
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Thu, 19 May 2005 07:08
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Well, don't be shy Chris, please tell us the techniques....
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Thu, 19 May 2005 07:11
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yes, for I shall also be wanting to learn of the techniques....
All your techniques are belong to us 
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Re: Rubiks Cube Records
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Thu, 19 May 2005 08:20
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ive seena guy solve one in just over a minute,... never really tried too hard on one though, i can think of better stuff to do
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Re: Rubiks Cube Records
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Thu, 19 May 2005 08:59
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Blindfolded!! How?
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Thu, 19 May 2005 09:00
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you are on the way to destruction 
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Brisbane
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Re: Rubiks Cube Records
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Thu, 19 May 2005 09:41
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how about record times from taking possesion of toy to chucking toy into fire/microwave/wheelie-bin out of frustration and inability to solve the puzzle
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Adelaide
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January 2005
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Re: Rubiks Cube Records
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Thu, 19 May 2005 10:28
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I'm shocking I get so frustrated I try to pull off the little squares and rearrange it that way
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Castle Hill NSW
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Re: Rubiks Cube Records
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Thu, 19 May 2005 23:46
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The techniques i used came in a booklet that came with the cube when i bought it.
Basically, do it by layers - the top one, then the middle, then the bottom.
But apparently my method isn't the best - this one is better:
http://lar5.com/cube/
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Re: Rubiks Cube Records
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Fri, 20 May 2005 06:27
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Well the blindfolded ones say including memorising. My take is that they get a cube, look at it to try and figure out what moves to go where, get blindfolded, then do it. Just have to hope to god they don't drop it halfway through!
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