2001 World Championships New York

[mayernikmatt]

Does anybody have any information on the 2001 World championships in New York and why it never happened?

 

[Kaedenthecuber]

"In 2001, plans to organise a World Championship in New York were underway but it unfortunately had to be called off due to safety concerns at the time." from WCA

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The World Cube Association governs competitions for mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as 'twisty puzzles'. The most famous of these puzzles is the Rubik's Cube, invented by professor Rubik from Hungary. A selection of these puzzles are chosen as...

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I am a huge fan of ur vids i hope this helped

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

Im guessing an issue with 9/11?

 

[LBr]

The cubing historian said 9/11 was the reason. And then they tried having it again in London in 2002 along with some mind games thing and it didn’t go ahead because the mind games people wanted money from the cubers or smth like that