[Official] Solves from World Championship 1982

[OregonTrail]

<condescending yet gruff movie trailer voice, "O Fortuna" crescendos in background>

Before the WCA... before Stackmats... and 15 years before Jessica Fridrich published her famous speedsolving method, there was the 1982 Budapest Rubik's Cube World Championship. The pioneers of speedsolving that gathered here didn't have YouTube, they didn't have speedsolving.com, they didn't even have the luxury of using their own cubes. In fact, at the time there wasn't a standard color scheme.

Not only that, but during a solve the announcer droned on about the solver's life story. It's a good thing BLD hadn't been attempted yet. (edit: John White had demonstrated a BLD solve in 1981)

While seeping in this epic testament to speedsolving history, you may notice a few familiar names. Can you guess who represented Sweden? If you take a look at the leader-board, you might be surprised to see who represented Czechoslovakia (TCH). Erno Rubik himself sat at the Judges table just as he did two years ago.

Now is your chance to sit back, watch, and be steeped in your history.

</movie trailer voice, hopefully you read it slowly enough that you got the good part of O Fortuna>

 

[Ton]

This footage was already posted, btw it was Ron van Bruchem who arranged to get a copy of the original broadcast

See http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6871&highlight=World+Championship+1982

I guess to use the search function is very difficult

orginal comment from Ron

Sad to see that the uploader did not care to mention the source of the video.
It was a lot of work to get this video online

Btw the complete footage can be found on www.speedcubing.com , is was, posted some years ago

 

[Zane_C]

It's wierd how even though I'm not that good now, I'll have potential of breaking a world record back then.
But back then there weren't many fast methods published and the only good people were mainly the ones that devised their own methods.

 

[OregonTrail]

I guess to use the search function is very difficult

Hmm, I did a few searches before posting and that thread didn't appear. "1982 World Budapest", "1982 Championship"...

Well, we thank Ron's effort for benefiting us all.

 

[Stefan]

In fact, some of the freshly unboxed studio cubes used at the event had yellow and blue swapped.

They didn't all get the same color scheme?

It's a good thing BLD hadn't been attempted yet.

I thought John White had attempted and succeeded the year before.

 

[OregonTrail]

In fact, some of the freshly unboxed studio cubes used at the event had yellow and blue swapped.

They didn't all get the same color scheme?

Nope, check this out.

It's a good thing BLD hadn't been attempted yet.

I thought John White had attempted and succeeded the year before.

I stand corrected.

Even if he was just counting, that announcer's accent would have thrown me off, but mentioning my hobbies and hometown would have seriously distracted me.

 

[GermanCube]

Too bad my swedish is way too bad to understand something . . .

 

[Stefan]

In fact, some of the freshly unboxed studio cubes used at the event had yellow and blue swapped.

They didn't all get the same color scheme?

Nope, check this out.

You mean the part that says "everybody was given the same cube"?

 

[OregonTrail]

In fact, some of the freshly unboxed studio cubes used at the event had yellow and blue swapped.

They didn't all get the same color scheme?

Nope, check this out.

You mean the part that says "everybody was given the same cube"?

The first time I read it, it seemed to me that she happened to pick a cube from the case that had her color scheme.

(you know I was just trying to make the post sound really epic, but facts are facts, and they deserve an edit)

 

[Stefan]

it seemed to me that she happened to pick a cube from the case that had her color scheme

That's actually correct, except it apparently wasn't taken but given.

Hmm, I did a few searches before posting and that thread didn't appear. "1982 World Budapest", "1982 Championship"...

With that second search I see it as the seventh result right now.

 

[OregonTrail]

Hmm, I did a few searches before posting and that thread didn't appear. "1982 World Budapest", "1982 Championship"...

With that second search I see it as the seventh result right now.

I trusted Google more than vBulletin, big mistake . _ .

Also, I think the scrutiny in reaction to my post was primed by the fact the first word was "condescending".

 

[Stefan]

Also, I think the scrutiny in reaction to my post was primed by the fact the first word was "condescending".

I doubt anyone was bothered by that.

 

[OregonTrail]

Also, I think the scrutiny in reaction to my post was primed by the fact the first word was "condescending".

I doubt anyone was bothered by that.

The subconscious can only react to what it believes is reality.

 

[Rune]

In fact, some of the freshly unboxed studio cubes used at the event had yellow and blue swapped.

They didn't all get the same color scheme?


"I was fortunate that the coloring of the cubes did match the one I was used to. But it probably did not match for others."

 

[Stefan]

"I was fortunate that the coloring of the cubes did match the one I was used to. But it probably did not match for others."

Yes, different people were used to different colorings, so when they all got the same coloring at the competition, some had a match and others didn't.

 

[LNZ]

I watched the videos. And they're great. They remind us that the internet is only a relatively new thing. And still to this day, old fashioned methods of getting infomation (ie pre internet methods) are still good and needed.

I own a early 1980's KO (made in Taiwan) Rubik's 3x3 (brought on Ebay) and yes the color schemes back then did vary greatly.