Speedsolving wiki: Notable Cubers

Chris Hardwick made it sound like Guimond probably did his BLD solves speedBLD, at least at first.

Chris also indicated that he thinks Guimond may believe he was the first to solve the cube BLD, not John White. I'm placing no judgment on that - I'm just relaying what Chris said.
 
I seem to remember Gaetan mentioning that he was working on blindfolded solving contemporary to John White, so it was perhaps unclear who got the first blindfolded solve of a Rubik's cube ever. Gaetan can you confirm this?
 
qqwref said:
I'm entertained that my "famous cubers" list is first on the notable cubers page, but I'm not listed in the category :p
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Fixed. I just forgot to put the Category tags at the bottom of your page. Though there's a lot more to add to your page....
 
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Gaetan only learned about the cube after the 1982 championships so John white definately was first.

From Gaetans site: Rubiksrecord.com

" Hello

I am Canadian citizen from Montreal. My name is Gaétan Guimond and I am a Rubik's Cube fan. I first heard about the cube after the official 1982 world championship in Budapest Hungary. I created a web space in order to call upon the media and share my hobby with the cube's others fans.

I invented a method by which the cube could be solved after only fifty moves with very little calculation. Yes, I do not pretend to be the fastest, but i am certain my method will produce the 3x3 Rubik's Cube solution in a record time. "

I am currently browing the remains of the site and there is some cool stuff there!
I even found some footage of a 27s "behind the back solve'
 
bld first one cuber ?

Mike Hughey said:
Chris Hardwick made it sound like Guimond probably did his BLD solves speedBLD, at least at first.

Chris also indicated that he thinks Guimond may believe he was the first to solve the cube BLD, not John White. I'm placing no judgment on that - I'm just relaying what Chris said.
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Nobody has seen bld solved by John White I think. Where is the video ?

Le cube était mort et quand je suis arrivé sur le web j'ai provoqué le retour du jeu vers la compétition comme une bombe.

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wc bld 2003
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Tel Aviv student joins Rubik's Cube tournament
By LAUREN KRUGEL
CJN Intern

He once saw a man doing the puzzle behind his back and was inspired to try it himself.
"I thought this guy has to have extraordinary vision or something," he said. "I thought I'd try it."
It took Vomberg two weeks to master blindfolded cubing. The first time he solved the puzzle, it took him an hour. He has since shaved his time down to a a few minutes.

Dror Vomberg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAVPVy26eMU

GG
 
Hi Gaetan,

I am sure your TV-appearances must have been a great inspiration for many people!
I'm glad some of the footage is still available via your videos.

However the topic here is the first BLD solves.
It does seem that you where the first on TV.

The lack of video footage does not mean perse that John White did not solve the cube BLD in 1981.
These were the pre-(youtube - webcam - digital camera - phone with camera, whatever...) days, rember?

As you mention on your website that you only learend about the cube after the world chamionship of 1982 this would imply that you cannot have solved it (BLD) before him.

I would love to find out more about your BLD method!
Was it also based on your corners first method? Perhaps a version with corner algs that do not affect edge pieces?
 
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Gaetan,

I respect your right to keep your method to yourself but hope you will share it with the community one day.

Do you still have footage of some of your full solves?
Your videos which show your TV appearences only show short pieces of the solves.

I would love to see a full one! Some new footage would be cool!
I am sure the people on the forum would love to see it too!

In one of the clips the TV presentor mentions you solve it in 27 seconds.
[video]http://web.archive.org/web/20050212065129/http://www.rubikscuberecord.com/video3.wmv[/video]
I assume the inspection time is not included in this time?
How long do you take for a typical BLD solve (not perse behind the back) incuding inspection?
 
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For U

An old video on youtube today FULL SOLVED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ywBlPgxCN4

Cubenovice said:
Gaetan,

I respect your right to keep your method to yourself but hope you will share it with the community one day.

Do you still have footage of some of your full solves?
Your videos which show your TV appearences only show short pieces of the solves.

I would love to see a full one! Some new footage would be cool!
I am sure the people on the forum would love to see it too!

In one of the clips the TV presentor mentions you solve it in 27 seconds.
[video]http://web.archive.org/web/20050212065129/http://www.rubikscuberecord.com/video3.wmv[/video]
I assume the inspection time is not included in this time?
How long do you take for a typical BLD solve (not perse behind the back) incuding inspection?
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