2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship
Tournament information
Date 23–24 August 2003
Host Canada
Final positions
2nd runner-up David Wesley
Final champion
Dan Knights
← 1982 2005 →
The 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship , also known as WC2003, was a competition for speedsolving the 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube , and various other mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as twisty puzzles . It was held in Toronto and was attended by 83 participants. The competition led to the formation of the World Cube Association in 2004. Most notably, it was the first speedcubing competition since 1982 , and the first in the 21st century. The next world championship was held in 2005 in Florida , United States , with some differences, the most notable being the addition of the 3x3x3 'With Feet' event.
Dan Knights from the United States was the winner with an average time of 20.00 seconds. The average was calculated over the middle three of five solve times (which excludes the fastest and slowest). The prize for first place was 5,000 Canadian dollars.
Results 3x3x3 Place Name Average Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Attempt 4 Attempt 5 Average of 5 1 Dan Knights 20.00 WR USA 21.13 19.93 18.95 22.07 18.76 2 Jessica Fridrich 20.48 USA 27.53 22.22 17.33 17.12 21.88 3 David Wesley 20.96 ER Sweden 24.87 21.82 19.81 19.84 21.22 4 Lars Vandenbergh 21.54 NR Belgium 21.42 19.27 21.49 22.19 21.70 5 Jess Bonde 21.68 NR Denmark 20.34 21.29 23.42 25.06 19.21 6 David Allen 21.92 USA 22.13 17.95 27.67 24.06 19.56 7 Gene Means 22.10 USA 29.28 20.92 21.48 23.88 20.93 8 Ron van Bruchem 22.92 NR Netherlands 25.97 24.46 24.71 19.58 19.46
4x4x4 Place Name Average Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Average of 3 1 Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) 1:36.98 Japan 1:43.40 1:27.06 1:40.49 2 David Wesley 1:45.88 Sweden 1:57.47 1:32.46 1:47.72 3 Ron van Bruchem 1:57.75 Netherlands 1:42.95 2:00.83 2:09.48
5x5x5 Place Name Average Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Average of 3 1 Masayuki Akimoto (秋元正行) 2:50.45 WR Japan 2:56.76 2:47.62 2:46.96 2 David Wesley 2:56.29 Sweden 3:07.69 3:01.56 2:39.62 3 Grant Tregay 3:41.96 USA 3:55.13 3:40.22 3:30.52
3x3x3 Blindfolded Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Dror Vomberg 3:56.00 WR Israel 2 Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎) 6:35.00 AsR Japan 3 Dan Knights 0:00.01 USA
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Mirek Goljan 29 Moves WR Czechia 2 David Barr 36 Moves NAR USA
3x3x3 One Handed Place Name Best Attempt Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Best of 2 1 Chris Hardwick 44.98 WR USA 44.98 1:00.45 2 Michael Atkinson 54.04 USA 54.04 1:20.52 3 Grant Tregay 1:02.05 USA 1:36.99 1:02.05 4 David Wesley 1:10.67 ER Sweden 2:11.44 1:10.67 5 Lars Petrus 1:14.53 Sweden 1:23.53 1:14.53 6 Joe Allen 1:14.58 USA 1:14.58 2:47.69 7 David Allen 1:19.04 USA 1:19.04 DNF 8 Heath Litton 1:20.19 USA 2:01.24 1:20.19 9 Brent Morgan 1:21.35 USA 1:56.59 1:21.35 10 Peter Babcock 1:32.88 USA 2:27.77 1:32.88 11 Kenneth Brandon 2:03.45 USA 2:03.45 2:13.89 12 Michiel van der Blonk 2:06.23 NR Netherlands 3:12.15 2:06.23
Clock Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Jaap Scherphuis 38.97 WR Netherlands 2 Jasmine Lee 42.00 OcR Australia 3 Lars Vandenbergh 45.52 NR Belgium 4 Michael Powers 54.20 NAR USA 5 Ron van Bruchem 1:33.74 Netherlands 6 Jeff Goetz 2:01.06 USA
Megaminx Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Grant Tregay 2:12.82 WR USA 2 Richard Patterson 4:12.38 USA 3 Ron van Bruchem 4:26.56 ER Netherlands 4 Jake Rueth 4:42.74 USA 5 Betty Tregay 5:12.64 USA
Pyraminx Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Andy Bellenir 14.09 WR USA 2 Jake Rueth 19.85 USA 3 Jeff Goetz 29.50 USA 4 Richard Patterson 31.10 USA 5 Jaap Scherphuis 31.20 ER Netherlands 6 Dan Harris 35.02 NR United Kingdom
Square-1 Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Lars Vandenbergh 41.80 WR Belgium 2 Jeff Goetz 1:42.12 NAR USA 3 Ron van Bruchem 2:14.28 NR Netherlands 4 Paul Attar 2:19.40 NR Canada
4x4x4 Blindfolded Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Dror Vomberg 22:35.00 WR Israel
5x5x5 Blindfolded Place Name Attempt Status Country Best of 1 1 Dror Vomberg DNF WR Israel
Magic Place Name Best Attempt Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Best of 3 1 Jaap Scherphuis 3.06 WR Netherlands 5.34 3.19 3.06 2 Jake Rueth 3.27 NAR USA 3.27 4.71 4.30 3 Jon Morris 4.51 USA 5.33 4.53 4.51 4 Jason Hildebrand 5.18 USA 5.73 9.23 5.18 5 Ron van Bruchem 5.83 Netherlands 5.83 6.07 14.05 6 Michiel van der Blonk 6.65 Netherlands 9.69 7.85 6.65
Master Magic Place Name Best Attempt Status Country Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Best of 3 1 Jaap Scherphuis 8.22 WR Netherlands 9.91 13.92 8.22 2 Kevin Brandon 8.45 NAR USA 8.45 8.47 8.62 3 Kenneth Brandon 9.34 USA 13.02 10.78 9.34 4 Jake Rueth 10.85 USA 16.72 21.21 10.85 5 Jon Morris 11.09 USA 22.97 11.09 11.93
WR = World Record
ER = European Record
AsR = Asian Record
NAR = North American Record
NR = National Record
DNF = Did Not Finish