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Rubik's Cube World Championship São Paulo: Results
This weekend in , the global Speedcubing elite congregated for the (http://www.cuber.com.br/worlds/) - the .
At , a school in the centre of São Paulo, retained his crown with an , winning the championship trophy and a selection of Rubik's Cube prizes. Feliks also performed the of the competition: .
(See him achieve this on the new Rubik's Cube film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZm3y0sT4I&feature=youtu.be)
As ever, the event was incredibly tight and Feliks won by a margin of one second, narrowly beating who finished with an .
The was well represented in the (http://www.rubiks.com), with finishing strongly against a competitive field with times of .
in 3 x 3 Rubik's Cube final:
Other notable results were:
There were at the 2015 Rubik's Cube World Championship including:
The Rubik's Cube World Championship was and was won by American with a time of . Since then, huge improvements in technique, lubrication and participation have pushed the sport further than ever before.
In total, competed in the 2015 Rubik's Cube World Championship.
To see a full list of results, please go to the official website at http://www.cuber.com.br/worlds/live.php .
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Links:
New film of 2015 championship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZm3y0sT4I&feature=youtu.be
http://www.cuber.com.br/worlds/index.php?location=home
http://www.rubiks.com
https://twitter.com/rubiksonline
https://www.facebook.com/Rubiksonline
1974 - in creates a seemingly impossible object: a solid Cube that twists and turns without breaking or falling apart.
1975 - Erno Rubik applies for a patent for the invention, calling it the .
1977 - The patent is approved and the first Magic Cubes go on sale in a toyshop in Budapest .
1979 - Tom Kremer negotiates and signs the distribution licence from Erno Rubik at the International Toy Fair in Nuremburg.
1980 - The Magic Cube is renamed the and internationally launched. Since the launch, an .
1981 - Twelve-year old British schoolboy publishes the book which goes on to sell a staggering .
1982 - The first takes place in and is won by in a world-record time of .
1995 - creates the for the Rubik's Cube's fifteenth anniversary. It is a fully functioning Rubik's Cube with a -it's made with . In its solved state, the Cube features a different type of gem on each side-including , and . The Masterpiece Cube is estimated to be worth .
2007 - Erno Rubik awards the prizes to the winners at the Rubik's Cube World Championship in his home city, Budapest .
2009 - wins the Rubik's Cube World Championship in .
2013 - A new and improved Rubik's Cube is released, with an all-new, faster action mechanism and stronger durable tiles. The traditional colours of green, yellow, orange, red, white and blue still stand.
2015 - The Rubik's Cube World Championships is in .
Images and B-roll from the 2015 Rubik's Cube World Championship are available.
Footage of Feliks Zemdegs achieving his 5.60 second solve is available here from 1.55:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZm3y0sT4I&feature=youtu.be
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