# 2003 World Rubik's Cube Championship

The 2003 World Rubik's Cube Championship 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.
Dan Knights from the United States was the winner with an average time of 20.00 seconds. The average was calculated by calculating the mean of 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 | 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 | DNF | | 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