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.
Events
3x3 Speedsolve
Through 2010 and 2011, Feliks Zemdegs had been considered the favorite by far to win. Although Feliks outperformed other competitors as expected in all other rounds, the final round saw a major upset, with Michał Pleskowicz placing first with a PB official average of 8.65, Rowe Hessler second with 9.56, and Feliks a close third at 9.58.
5x5 Speedsolve
Feliks started the first round with the first official sub-1 single. The final round is considered the most epic round in the history of competitive cubing.
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)) (Semi Final)
- 4x4 average 35.22 by Feliks Zemdegs (Final)
- 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.
- Jihan won the lucky draw for the second time in a row (after the Asian Championship 2010).
