2003 World Rubik's Games Championship

The 2003 World Rubik's Games Championship was held August 23-24 in Toronto, Canada at the Ontario Science Center. There were 13 different events, involving the Rubik's Cube and variations as well as other Rubik's Games. Listed below are the champions of each event. For full results of each event, click the link in the reference section.

For the Rubik's Cube, the best of five attempts was taken. For the 4x4 and 5x5 cubes the average of all three attempts was the overall score. In Rubik's Magic and Master Magic, the best of three attempts were taken. Finally, for 3x3 One-Handed the best of two attempts was taken. Both average and best times could count towards National, Continental, and World Records even if that measurement did not determine the overall winner.

Event

Name

Country

Best

Status

Average

Status

Details

Rubik's Cube

Dan Knights

USA

18.76

None

20.00

WR

21.13/19.93/18.95/22.07/18.76

4x4 Cube

Masayuki Akimoto

Japan

1:27.06

None

1:36.98

None

1:43.40/1:27.06/1:40.49

5x5 Cube

Masayuki Akimoto

Japan

2:46.96

AsR

2:50.45

WR

2:56.76/2:47.62/2:46.96

3x3 Blindfolded

Dror Vomberg

Israel

3:56.00

WR

N/A

N/A

3x3 One-Handed

Chris Hardwick

USA

44.98

WR

N/A

N/A

44.98/1:00.45

3x3 Fewest Moves

Mirek Goljan

Czech Republic

29

WR

N/A

N/A

Megaminx

Grant Tregay

USA

2:12.82

WR

N/A

N/A

Pyraminx

Andy Bellenir

USA

14.09

WR

N/A

N/A

Square-1

Lars Vandenbergh

Belgium

41.80

WR

N/A

N/A

Rubik's Clock

Jaap Scherphuis

Netherlands

38.97

WR

N/A

N/A

Rubik's Magic

Jaap Scherphuis

Netherlands

3.06

WR

N/A

N/A

5.34/3.19/3.06

Master Magic

Jaap Scherphuis

Netherlands

8.22

WR

N/A

N/A

9.91/13.92/8.22

4x4 Blindfolded

Dror Vomberg

Israel

22:35.00

WR

N/A

N/A

WR = World Record

AsR = Asian Record