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European Rubik's Cube Championship, Prague: Results
In , Europe's fastest 'speedcubers' congregated for the (https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/Euro2016/).
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In a sports hall in , south-west Prague , won the European crown for the 3 x 3 cube with an 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 of the competition was performed by , who managed to complete the iconic puzzle in a European record (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4raKiH0jio).
The UK performed particularly well in the category, in which and finished second and third respectively.
The fastest average 3 x 3 solve time was, in fact, attained by of Australia , who was not eligible to win the European Championship. He averaged in the final.
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 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,
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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