World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011
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World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 (usually called World Championship 2011, abbreviated to WC2011 or WC11) was a speedcubing World Championship held at the Baiyoke Sky hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on Oct 14-16, 2011.
Winners
- 3x3: Michał Pleskowicz
- 2x2: Feliks Zemdegs
- 4x4: Feliks Zemdegs
- 5x5: Feliks Zemdegs
- 6x6: Feliks Zemdegs
- 7x7: Bence Barát
- Pyraminx: Jules Desjardin
- Megaminx: Simon Westlund
- Square-1: Dan Cohen
- Clock: Daniel Sheppard
- Rubik's Magic: Bálint Bodor
- Master Magic: Máté Horváth
- 3x3 One-Handed: Arifumi Fushimi
- 3x3 Feet: Henrik Buus Aagaard
- 3x3 Blindfolded Zane Carney
- 4x4 Blindfolded: Aldo Feandri
- 5x5 Blindfolded: Chris Hardwick
- Multi-BLD: Marcell Endrey
- 3x3 Fewest Moves: Sébastien Auroux
World Records Set
- 3x3 OH average 13.57 by Michał Pleskowicz
- 4x4 average 35.33 by Feliks Zemdegs(Giovanni Contardi was also under the old WR time(35.51)
- 4x4 average 35.22 by Feliks Zemdegs
- 5x5 speedsolve single 59.27 by Feliks Zemdegs (first round)
- 5x5 speedsolve single 58.41 by Feliks Zemdegs(final)
- 5x5 speedsolve single 57.44 by Dan Cohen(final)
- 5x5 speedsolve single 56.22 by Feliks Zemdegs (final)
- 5x5 average 1:04.08 by Feliks Zemdegs (Semi Final)
- 5x5 average 59.94 by Feliks Zemdegs (Final)
- Multi-BLD 19/19 by Marcell Endrey
- Rubik's Clock Single 5.83 by Javier Tirado Ortiz
Trivia
- Arnaud van Galen acted as the lead MC for some of the events.
- Competitors wore pink shirts to support Thailand's ruler who had fallen ill. [1]
- 275 competitors participated in the first round of 3x3 speedsolve, less than the number in World Championship 2009.
