1982 World Rubik's Cube Championship
 Minh Thai standing next to the timer after setting his 22.95 world record single | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Speedcubing |
| Location | Budapest, Hungary |
| Date | 5 June 1982 |
| Teams | 19 |
| Final champion | |
 Minh Thai | |
The 1982 World Rubik's Cube Championship was a competition for speedsolving the 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube.
It was held in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 June 1982.[1] Contestants selected from 19 countries took part.[1] Minh Thai from the United States of America was the winner with a best time of 22.95 after three attempts for each contestant. The top attempt of three was taken as the competitor's score.[2] First prize was a gold-plated Rubik's Cube.[1]
Writing shortly afterwards, David Singmaster who was one of the judges, described the competition as being efficiently organized, although at one point power for the TV and the display timer failed in the middle of a trial.[3] The cubes were selected by Ernő Rubik himself, and according to Singmaster "competitors described them as pretty good".[3] However, writing around 20 years later, Jessica Fridrich who had participated in the contest, criticised the cubes for being "really hard to turn and were not prepared for serious speed cubing".[4]
This competition was the first officially recognised competition of its kind. The next competition was held in 2003 in Canada, with many differences to the competition structure and many other puzzles being added other than the Rubik's Cube.[5] The World Cube Association, founded in 2004, retroactively recognizes the results of the 1982 championship despite substantial differences between the event and modern speedsolving competitions.
Results
[edit | edit source]The results were:[3]
| Place | Name | Time | Status | Country | Attempt 1 | Attempt 2 | Attempt 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minh Thai | 22.95 | WR |  USA |
27.16 | 22.95 | 27.97 |
| 2 | Guus Razoux Schultz | 24.32 | ER | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 24.32 | 31.51 | 26.51 |
| 3 | Zoltán Lábas | 24.49 | NR | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 24.49 | 27.58 | 28.21 |
| 4 | Lars Petrus | 24.57 | NR | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 35.42 | 33.11 | 24.57 |
| 5 | Ken'ichi Ueno (上野健一) | 24.91 | AsR | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 27.56 | 27.90 | 24.91 |
| 6 | Jérôme Jean-Charles | 25.06 | NR | File:Flag of France.svg France | 27.87 | 31.18 | 25.06 |
| 7 | Julian Chilvers | 25.95 | NR | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 30.59 | 25.95 | 27.46 |
| 8 | Duc Trinh | 26.63 | NR | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 37.44 | 26.63 | 36.09 |
| 9 | Giuseppe Romeo | 28.11 | NR | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 34.23 | 41.75 | 28.11 |
| 10 | Jessica Fridrich | 29.11 | NR | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 31.49 | 29.11 | 33.20 |
| 11 | Eduardo Valdivia Chacón | 29.62 | SAR |  Peru |
34.91 | 29.62 | 30.01 |
| 12 | Luc Van Laethem | 29.73 | NR | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 32.92 | 34.98 | 29.73 |
| 13 | József Borsos | 30.02 | NR | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia | 36.75 | 35.33 | 30.02 |
| 14 | Ronald Brinkmann | 30.59 | NR | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 34.80 | 30.59 | 32.52 |
| 15 | Jari Sandqvist | 31.17 | NR | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 31.17 | DNF* | 31.56 |
| 16 | Manuel Galrinho | 37.11 | NR | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal | 40.74 | 48.67 | 37.11 |
| 17 | Piotr Serbeński | 37.50 | NR | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 44.40 | 37.50 | 40.86 |
| 18 | Svilen Tenev | 47.29 | NR | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 51.88 | 47.29 | 47.35 |
| 19 | Josef Trajber | 50.16 | NR | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 50.16 | 54.93 | 58.99 |
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WR = World Record
ER = European Record
AsR = Asian Record
SAR = South American Record
NR = National Record
- Sandqvist's second attempt was disqualified since his cube was broken twice in the same attempt. This was a violation of the competition rules and the attempt was stopped at that point.[4]
References
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