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    World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 on October 14-16, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand

    The World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 will take place on October 14-16, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Check out the World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 website for more information and registration. We have pretty strong time limits, but they will change once we have a better estimate of the...
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    Competition in Orlando, Florida

    I will be in Orlando from May 14 until May 19. Staying near Orange County Convention Center. Maybe we could have a competition on Saturday May 14 or Sunday May 15? I am only available from 5pm. So we could have an evening meeting with an official competition. I could bring timers. We just...
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    CAPTCHA for WCA Forum

    Hi all, It looks like the CAPTCHA that we use for the WCA Forum has been cracked. I have received hundreds of fake account registrations in the last few weeks. We are using phpBB for the forum. Any suggestions on getting rid of these fake registrations again? Thanks, Ron
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    For those of you who still know Geir Ugelstad

    For those of you who still know Geir Ugelstad
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    Sam Gralewski (8yrs) on myFoxDetroit

    http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/mornings/sterling-heights-boy,-8,-dubbed-the-%27rubik%27s-cube-doctor%27 Sam can also solve cubes up to 7x7. Have fun!
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    Commercial with Rubik's head

    http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/06/rubiks-cube-head/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Neatorama+%28Neatorama%29
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    Dusseldorf Open 2010

    We had a very nice competition in Dusseldorf. Thanks to the organisation team, they did a great job. This was the FMC scramble: B2 L D2 L D2 L2 D2 R' B2 F2 D2 B' R2 U F' D2 L U' R2 B2 L' Sébastien found very nice solution in 30 moves. I had a decent start, but I never find a good...
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    Why I shake hands differently

    even at the office... Seeing this video again there are 2 differences from what I had remembered: - they say 'Alone we must survive', I thought they said 'Together we must survive' - the handshake is different! I always connect the thumbs as well Funny how memories can be wrong.
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    Q: What should a puzzle fanatic do with his collection of 10,000 brainteasers?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1162943/Q-What-puzzle-fanatic-collection-10-000-brainteasers-A-Spend-30-000-house-new-extension.html
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    Andy Camann vs. NFL analysis

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    Essen Open 2009

    Erik Akkersdijk won the Essen Open 2009 with an average of 11.41 seconds. Rama Temmink finished second (12.65) and Mats Valk finished third (13.18). Yes, we made it through another Spiel toy fair competition! It is always a very chaotic day. Especially now with competition running on two stands...
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    What should happen with the UWR?

    Hi all, The Unofficial World Records at http://www.speedcubing.com/records haven't been updated for ages. I simply do not have the time anymore. Sorry. What should happen with the UWR? Should we just remove them all? Or should we keep them alive? And if so, who would be interested in...
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    Funny videos

    this is a classic one if you want to have a big laugh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZpnBKZHVo
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    WCA website crawling

    Hi guys, As you may have noticed the WCA website has become slower recently. This is because our provider moved the WCA website to another (busier?) server. The reason mentioned was that some people are periodically crawling the WCA results. So if you are using some tool to update your...
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    Dan Dares

    http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4420311.DAN_DARES__Reporter_speaks_of_Rubik_s_Cube_challenge/
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    Results of France 2003 (!)

    Clément found the results of the French Nationals 2003, via Winning Moves France. The results are unofficial because they used stopwatches (AFAIK). Adam Géhin 31.83 19.31 15.75 15.83 19.37 18.17 Nicolas Vienne 27.37 25.19 21.66 24.50 24.00 24.56 Thomas Templier 30.06 28.30 26.56 28.62 27.06...
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    Results of Dutch cube meeting 2009-02-08

    Last Sunday we had a cube meeting at my place. Of course we had lots of fun. :-) Here are the results of the unofficial competition. We could/should do this every other week... Have fun, Ron 3x3 first round 1 Erik Akkersdijk Netherlands 15.94 15.05 11.05 15.13 12.18 11.05...
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    "Rubik record for robot second time around"

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/rubik-record-for-robot-second-time-around-1596470.html
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    Article in New York times

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/science/16prof.html?_r=1
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