Guus Razoux Schultz
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Guus Razoux Schultz is a Dutch cuber best known as the runner-up of World Championship 1982 and for his achievements in Fewest Moves. He is believed to be the inventor of the last layer methods CLL and ELL and he is also a co-inventor of the cross-F2L method for the first two layers.
History
Schultz grew-up in Enschede in the Netherlands. He began cubing in May 1981. In a local speedcubing contest in September 1981 he was second (40 seconds) to Marc Waterman (36 seconds). The Dutch National Finals were held on April 24th, 1982 in Utrecht. Schultz won the contest, and entry to the World Championship, with a best time of 29.34 seconds; Waterman was second (30.41 seconds).[1] During this period Schultz trained extensively with Waterman. Schultz later said: "before I entered these world championships Marc had an avarage of about 20 seconds, I did about 23 seconds".[2]
The World Rubik's Cube Championship 1982 took place in Budapest on June 5. Schultz was at that time a 17-year-old student. Schultz finished in 2nd place (behind Minh Thai) with a best time of 24.32 seconds. David Singmaster notes that his technique was "DE, DC & ME together, [then] U", ie. that Schultz was the only contestant using F2L.[3]
Schultz believes that "most of [the other competitors] were faster than I was." He puts his 2nd-place finish down to the fact that the cubes were "very stiff". This favoured Schultz because he had strong fingers and also used a technique with a relatively low move count.[4]
Since 2004 Schultz has competed in Dutch, European, and World Championships. He competes mainly in 3x3 Speedsolving and 3x3 Fewest Moves. In the Final round of the Dutch Masters 2008, he gained a World Record in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, completing the cube in just 27 moves.[5]
He has worked mainly as a software engineer and as an IT Consultant.[6]
See also
External links
- Speedsolving.com: Interview with Guus Razoux
