Useful resources on SpeedCubing. Regulations on holding a Speedcubing tournament (solving a Rubik's Cube for a time) Championship in solving a Rubik's cube

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about holding a Speedcubing tournament (solving a Rubik's Cube for a while)

1. Goals and objectives of the TOURNAMENT.

1.1. Collective communication through competitions.

1.2. Identifying and supporting the interests of schoolchildren.

1.3. Involving schoolchildren in physical education and mass sports as an integral element of national culture.

1.4. Popularization and further development of speedcubing as a sport among students of MBOUSOSH No. 2 in the village of Verkhnie Tatyshly.

1.5. Identification of the strongest athletes among students of MBOUSOSH No. 2 in the village of Verkhnie Tatyshly.

2. Place and time of the tournament.

2.1. The tournament is held in one of the classrooms or in the school assembly hall.

3. Tournament participants.

3.1. Anyone from grades 1 to 11 is allowed to participate in the competition.

3.2. During the competition, a protocol is filled out, which indicates the following data: full name, class, time of 5 attempts, best time.

4. Conditions of the tournament.

4.1. The competition is held according to the personal competition of students of the Municipal Educational Institution No. 2 of the village of Verkhnie Tatyshly

4.2. The participant must have a Rubik's cube with him.

5. Competition regulations.

5.1. The classic 3x3 cube solving competition consists of one round. If several students achieve the same result, an additional round(s) is held. Competitions are held in three age groups: 1st - 4th grade, 5th - 8th grade, 9th - 11th grade. In the finals, winners of all age categories meet on equal terms.

5.2. In each round, the participant is given 5 attempts, which he must complete (completely collect the cube). The assembly will be considered complete if all edges are assembled. The times of the best and worst attempts are eliminated, and the arithmetic average of the remaining three is considered.

5.3. Depending on the number of participants and the availability of puzzles, one round of solving a 2x2 cube, a Meffert pyramid, and other puzzles may be held.

6. Competition rules

6.1. The participant must have a Rubik's cube with him.

6.2. The tournament is held in accordance with the current rules and these regulations.

6.3. The participant must know and comply with these Rules, discipline, the laws of fair wrestling, and be correct in relation to opponents and officials.

6.4. The contestant must submit a puzzle to the judge that will be puzzled in a certain way.

6.5. The judge must have a working phone with him.

6.6. If a participant completes a puzzle for more than 8 minutes in one attempt, that attempt will be considered incomplete.

7. Determination of winners and awards

8.1. The winner is the participant who wins the individual championship and has the shortest average assembly time.

8.2.Awarding the winners with Certificates and Diplomas of relevant degrees. In the qualifying and final rounds, 3 prize places are determined.

On June 5, 1982, the first world championship in speed solving the Rubik's cube took place. This event took place in Budapest, in the hometown of the inventor of this puzzle that has become so popular.

Poster of the first World Speedcubing Championship .

Nineteen of the fastest participants from 16 to 26 years old from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, USA, Germany gathered in the Vigado Concert Hall , Yugoslavia. To qualify for this championship they had to win their national championships.

Rubik's cubes were provided for the championship, which were of low quality and were not intended for use. And if a situation occurred that the Rubik’s cube broke, fell apart, or crashed during assembly, then such a participant was given another chance. In addition, some participants were accustomed to a different color arrangement. Not white versus yellow, red versus orange, and green versus blue, but something else: white versus blue, red versus orange, and green versus yellow. Because of these important moments, not all participants were able to show their best.

Before the start of the competition, each puzzle was randomly shuffled using a computer program and all Rubik's cubes were delivered to the stage in a closed suitcase. Before starting the assembly, each participant was given a fifteen-second opportunity to examine the cube, after which the 3x3x3 puzzle was returned to the starting area. This platform had a light-sensitive diode - when the participant picked up the puzzle, the countdown began and the countdown stopped when the Rubik's cube was placed back on this platform.

Winners of the first World Speedcubing Championship.

The winners were determined from those who showed the best time out of three attempts. They were: Mihn Thai from the USA took first place - 22.95 seconds, second place was won by Razoux Shultz from the Netherlands with 24.32 seconds and Zoltan Labas from Hungary with a score of 24.49 was in third place. Of course, this is significantly different from the records of modern speedcubers, but at that time and taking into account the technical capabilities of those Rubik's cubes, these were the best results.

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For the first time in the history of our school, we held the first unofficial competition in speed solving a Rubik's cube! The participants were not only from our school, but also from schools in the city of Sarapul and the city of Izhevsk.

I also saw these competitions for the first time. I was interested in everything. I interviewed some of the participants. Many of them started collecting cubes very recently: only a month or two, and some have been collecting them for about two years. We learned to play from our acquaintances, friends, classmates. Not only boys, but also girls collect cubes.


All students in the competition were divided into two categories: junior and senior. There are special timers for participants, which they press with their palms when they solve their cube. There are guys sitting behind the screen who deliberately confuse all the colors on the cubes. The entire competition is divided into three parts. First, we started solving a 3x3 Rubik's cube. Yakov Korotkov from class 6B took first place. Then there was a 2x2 cube competition. Yakov Korotkov also took first place. After that, they competed in assembling the pyramid. The first place was taken by Yakov Korotkov. Yakov Korotkov took second place in solving the 4x4 cube.
In general, almost all the first places were taken by Yakov Korotkov, and the rest also left satisfied. Solving Rubik's cubes is a sport. The athletes are called speedcubers. I advise you to start solving a Rubik's cube, it's very interesting!

Maxim Popugaev, 5th grade,

Sigaevskaya school, Sarapul district

How many people had a Rubik's cube as a child? Yes, it’s probably still on the shelf. What can we say if the Rubik's cube is still considered the leader in sales among toys around the world. It is estimated that about 350 million Rubik's cubes have been sold since its creation. Now they collect it by flying with a parachute, dive deep into the water with it, and do other incredible things. And so the first ever Red Bull Rubic's Cube World Championship in high-speed solving of the Rubik's Cube took place in Boston over the weekend. Anticipating your sarcastic smile, we explain why this is cool and unique.

Why Boston? Very simple. This city has the coolest technical university in North America - the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. You may have watched the movie “21” about card geniuses who went to take over Las Vegas, led by their professor, whose role was played by Kevin Spacey. So, he filmed it in Boston at this very institute. There is the world famous Harvard University here. What the participants of the World Championship in high-speed solving the Rubik's Cube can do is incredible. Quite consistent with what is required of Harvard graduates. Without exaggeration.

Have you ever tried to solve a Rubik's Cup? And with one hand? And in five seconds? Using different assembly combinations? The Red Bull's Rubik Cube World Championship opened up new possibilities for the world's most popular toy for a wide audience. When the “Championship” correspondent saw how a 16-year-old Briton solved a Rubik’s cube with one hand at supersonic speed, he realized that he was doing something wrong in this life. How is this even possible?

But for these guys, assembling the Rubik's Cup is sometimes just a warm-up for their hands. As for Kurbana Berdyeva rosary beads during Rubin Kazan matches. And the Russians are in the forefront here. Our 16 year old boy Andrey Che took a prize in the “one-handed cube solving” discipline. Russia has always been famous for its large number of smart people with a mathematical mind. Remember when we talked about the coolest tech institute in North America? So, a good quarter of the professors there have Russian roots.

In the final round, the competition took place in a playoff format. The judge gives a signal, and two participants must collect the cube as quickly as possible. Everything seems to be simple. Only the level of “speedcubers” is so high that sometimes everything was decided by tenths of a second. Like at the finish of a ski race, when you have to determine the winner by photo finish. Or like in qualifying in Formula 1, when two drivers can be separated by thousandths.
It is important to be psychologically prepared for such a tournament, because your hands sweat from excitement, and this directly affects the speed of solving the Rubik's cube. As you understand, not for the better.

The world record belongs to Australian Felix Zemdex, who solved the cube in 4.22 seconds. This is crazy! He also won the world championship in the most prestigious discipline “speedcubing”. He did not update the world record, but was clearly pleased with the final result. By the way, if you think that “speedcubers” are very often similar to typical “nerds” from your school, this is far from the case. These are ordinary guys. Just like you and me. Just a little smarter. They love to have fun, and some are more like stand-up comedians than people who can put together dozens of complex combinations in their heads in a unit of time.

The competition was also attended by the creator of the Rubik's Cube - Hungarian architect and professor Erne Rubik, who created his famous brainchild in 1974. And he told an interesting story. It turns out that a robot was created that, using a programmed combination, was able to assemble a cube in less than a second. However, if the artificial intelligence is not downloaded such a program, it will solve the cube for 42 hours. So the world is not yet ready for robots to replace people. Rubik's cube - robots - 1:0.

So that you finally understand the significance of this sporting competition, we will give you an interesting fact. For winning the World Rubik's Cube Championship, one of the largest jewelry companies in the world created four rings made of yellow gold and sterling silver, decorated with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds. The same company made rings for the winner of the Super Bowl, and this is a level higher than the Champions League football. With such patrons you can achieve anything you want.

Logic, agility and lightning speed! The All-Russian championship in speedcubing, the art of solving puzzles, took place in Moscow. Every year there are more and more participants, and they need less and less time to complete the task. The most popular toy in the world, the Rubik's cube, can be solved even by preschoolers in less than a minute.

Plays without looking. Roman Strakhov is a six-time world record holder, the king of the 5x5 blindfold Rubik's cube. Completed the classic 3x3 with your eyes closed in 20 seconds. And this is not magic at all - sleight of hand and memory.

“There are special memorization techniques that are based on associations. Each sticker corresponds to a letter of the Russian alphabet. I remember a set of letters, translate them into words, and make up some kind of story from these words. And then, when I remember, I translate these words back into algorithms,” says Roman.

Algorithms and formulas - all this is a little-known, but very spectacular sport - speedcubing. When you need to solve a Rubik's puzzle or other puzzle at speed. The number of participants is growing from year to year, and the decision time is decreasing. The cube is solved blindfolded, with one hand, or without any hands at all.

A classic and the basis of other puzzles is the 3x3 Rubik's cube. It has 43 quintillion, that is, 43 billion billion possible states from which it must escape. And the current world record is less than five seconds.

The youngest participant, Nadya Kidakova, is only 6 years old. I've been doing it for six months, and the results are already incredible.

“My record for 3x3 is 42 seconds,” says the girl

Here everyone has their own achievements and favorite equipment: a large cube, a Moldavian pyramid, a megaminx and other exotic types and shapes.

“This puzzle is called the mill.” It takes me about one to three minutes to assemble it. It is assembled like a regular 3x3 cube. The cube is solved,” says the competitor.

Maxim Chechnev teaches children Rubik's skills. I am convinced that no phenomenal abilities are required, only the ability to distinguish colors and a little patience.

“Within three days you can easily master this puzzle. And assemble it in about 1.5 minutes,” he says.

The puzzle is not only the most famous, but also, according to speedcubers, very useful! An exercise machine that is convenient to take with you.

“In addition to the banal qualities that are called motor skills, spatial thinking... This also developed discipline and systematic thinking for me. And I began to read more and even began to write poetry,” says Viktor Stepanovich.

The main advantage of this lesson is accessibility. And the main thing is not to despair if you don’t succeed on the first try.