European Rubik's Cube Championship, Prague: Results

In Prague, Czech Republic, Europe's fastest 'speedcubers' congregated for the European Rubik's CubeChampionship (https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/Euro2016/).

In Prague, Czech Republic, Europe's fastest 'speedcubers' congregated for the European Rubik's CubeChampionship (https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/Euro2016/).

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In a sports hall in Radotín, south-west Prague, Philipp Weyer of Germany won the European crown for the 3 x 3 cube with an average solve time of 7.88 seconds on Sunday 18 July.  The new European Champion took home the gold medal, a range of Rubik's prizes and a cash prize of €1,000.  The fastest single solve of the competition was performed by Mats Valk of the Netherlands, who managed to complete the iconic puzzle in a European record 5.13 seconds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4raKiH0jio).

The UK performed particularly well in the 5x5 Cube category, in which England's Robert Yau and Scotland's Breandan Vallance finished second and third respectively.

The fastest average 3 x 3 solve time was, in fact, attained by two-time World Champion Feliks Zemdegs of Australia, who was not eligible to win the European Championship.  He averaged 7.07 seconds in the final.

The official top five in the 3 x 3 Rubik's Cube final were as follows:  Philipp Weyer (Germany), 7.88 seconds; Mats Valk (Netherlands), 8.06; Dario Roa Sánchez (Spain), 8.25 seconds); Alexandre Carlier (France), 8.88 seconds; Cornelieus Dieckmann (Germany), 8.91 seconds.

Other notable results were:

Feliks Zemdegs broke five world records over the weekend:

There were 18 different events at the 2016 European Rubik's Cube Championship, including:

There have been seven European Rubik's Cube Championship competitions, running every other year.  In total, 525 people from 43 countries competed in the 2016 European Rubik's Cube Championship.

To see a full list of results, please go to the official website at https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/Euro2016/

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