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World records in speedcubing are ratified by the World Cube Association (WCA). [1] The WCA ratifies records in 17 events. All events except 3×3×3 multi-blind have two categories: single and average. [2]
The World Cube Association (WCA) is the worldwide non-profit organization that regulates and holds competitions for mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as twisty puzzles (a subcategory of combination puzzles). The most famous of those puzzles is the Rubik's Cube. Since the start of the WCA there ...
Rainbow Cube, a cuboctahedron-shaped puzzle, the Rainbow Cube was removed from the list of official WCA events in 2007. [30] Siamese Cube, two connected 3×3s, the Siamese Cube was removed from the list of official WCA events in 2007. [30] 3×3 with No Inspection, 3×3 with No Inspection was removed from the list of official WCA events in 2006 ...
Calvin's Puzzle [1] Commercial Cyclone Boys [2] Commercial DaYan DaYan Cube [3] Commercial DaYan is known for the Dayan Zhanchi. Although obsolete today, the cube was the first to use a "torpedo" design within its pieces. This prevented the cube from popping and corner twisting. Nearly every speed cube in existence today uses this design. Eastsheen
A six-year-old girl from China has set a new women’s world record for solving the 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube in 5.97 seconds. Cao Qixian, of China’s Jiangsu Province, achieved the feat at the Rubik ...
In 2013, at the World Rubik's Cube Championship in Las Vegas, NV, Hays placed first in the 5x5, 6x6, and 7x7 events, becoming the first person to win all three events at one world championship. [9] At the 2015 World Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil , he defended his 6x6 and 7x7 titles, and placed second in the 5x5 event behind Feliks Zemdegs ...
The Megaminx has 20 corners and 30 edges. It is possible on a Rubik's Cube to have a single pair of corners and a single pair of edges swapped, with the rest of the puzzle being solved. The corner and edge permutations are each odd in this example, but their sum is even. This parity situation is impossible on the Megaminx.
The Rubik's clock is listed as one of the 17 WCA events, with records for fastest time to solve one puzzle, and the fastest average time to solve 5 puzzles (discarding the slowest and fastest times). The puzzle is unique in the WCA in that it is the only puzzle for which viable speedsolving methods have been devised that always solve it in God ...