Royal Pavillion
The World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 is open to all competitors. Competitors must be familiar with all WCA regulations and should make their best effort to be familiar with WCA procedures and events. All events are open regardless of past performance, but certain time restrictions will apply for events.
Feliks Zemdegs won with an average of 8.18 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Mats Valk finished second (8.65) and Sebastian Weyer finished third (8.86).
World records: Evan Liu Clock 6.79 (average); Kevin Hays 7x7x7 Cube 2:54.77 (average); Marcell Endrey 5x5x5 Blindfolded 6:06.41 (single) and 5x5x5 Blindfolded 7:05.77 (average).
Asian records: Chester Lian 4x4x4 Blindfolded 6:42.38 (average).
Oceanian records: Feliks Zemdegs 4x4x4 Cube 31.01 (average), 4x4x4 Cube 30.49 (average), 6x6x6 Cube 1:54.43 (single), 7x7x7 Cube 3:01.63 (single), 7x7x7 Cube 3:10.52 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 2:55.44 (single), 7x7x7 Cube 3:00.35 (average), 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 31 (single), 3x3x3 One-Handed 10.12 (single), Megaminx 1:01.07 (average), Megaminx 52.97 (single), and Megaminx 55.67 (average); Jayden McNeill 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 31 (single); Zane Carney 5x5x5 Blindfolded 8:26.37 (single).
European records: Bence Barát 7x7x7 Cube 3:07.62 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 2:48.55 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 2:59.40 (average); Jakub Kipa 3x3x3 With Feet 38.22 (average); Michał Halczuk 7x7x7 Cube 3:01.47 (single).
North American records: Drew Brads Pyraminx 3.33 (average) and Pyraminx 3.16 (average); Evan Liu Clock 5.45 (single); Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas 3x3x3 Blindfolded 25.32 (single); Julian David 4x4x4 Blindfolded 5:33.97 (average); Kevin Hays 5x5x5 Cube 51.85 (single), 5x5x5 Cube 59.06 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 2:55.57 (single), 7x7x7 Cube 3:02.31 (average), and 7x7x7 Cube 2:42.80 (single); Louis Cormier Megaminx 46.90 (single), Megaminx 52.45 (average), and 3x3x3 With Feet 39.00 (single); Riley Woo 3x3x3 Blindfolded 40.23 (average); Rowe Hessler 4x4x4 Cube 29.30 (single); Tim Wong 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 20/23 57:51 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Citizen of | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 7.36 | 8.18 | Australia | 8.39 | 7.95 | 8.21 | 7.36 | 9.12 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Cameron Stollery | 2.31 | 2.55 | Australia | 2.36 | 2.31 | 2.85 | 4.60 | 2.43 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 30.74 | 31.76 | Australia | 32.55 | 30.77 | 30.74 | 33.87 | 31.95 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Kevin Hays | 1:00.53 | 1:01.81 | United States | 1:01.43 | 1:01.64 | 1:10.17 | 1:00.53 | 1:02.35 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Kevin Hays | 1:52.42 | 1:56.14 | United States | 1:52.92 | 2:03.09 | 1:52.42 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Kevin Hays | 2:42.80 | NAR | 2:54.77 | WR | United States | 2:42.80 | 2:56.39 | 3:05.13 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Marcell Endrey | 29.93 | 33.56 | Hungary | 34.28 | 29.93 | 36.46 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Steven Xu | 25 | United States | 25 | DNF | |||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Feliks Zemdegs | 12.16 | 14.19 | Australia | 12.16 | 13.09 | 14.55 | 17.71 | 14.92 | |||
| Clock | Deven Nadudvari | 7.19 | 7.92 | United States | 7.19 | 7.82 | 7.70 | 8.25 | DNF | |||
| Megaminx | Simon Westlund | 49.28 | 51.31 | Sweden | 49.28 | 53.15 | 52.02 | 49.47 | 52.43 | |||
| Pyraminx | Drew Brads | 2.61 | 3.16 | NAR | United States | 2.61 | 3.55 | 3.33 | 3.19 | 2.95 | ||
| Square-1 | Ruzhen Ye (叶儒臻) | 11.86 | 13.62 | China | 15.01 | 14.79 | 13.22 | 11.86 | 12.85 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Marcell Endrey | 2:33.04 | DNF | Hungary | 3:11.49 | 2:33.04 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Marcell Endrey | 6:06.41 | WR | 7:05.77 | WR | Hungary | 8:04.53 | 7:06.38 | 6:06.41 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Marcell Endrey | 25/26 58:16 | NR | Hungary | 6/7 13:56 | 25/26 58:16 | ||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Jakub Kipa | 33.60 | NR | 38.22 | ER | Poland | 37.79 | 43.28 | 33.60 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:10.00 | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:05.00 | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Combined First round | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | |
| Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Combined First round | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00 | |
| Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Bo2 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Clock | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 20.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | Combined First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 30:00.00 | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 40:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo2 | |||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Combined Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 |
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a combined round (see Regulation 9g).
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.
