Korea

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Korea is a country in Asia. Korean cubers have held WCA world records in 4 events.

History of cubing in Korea

Beginnings

The first South Korean to speedsolve was Lee Jun-Kyo, who competed in the World Championship 2005. Upon coming back to Korea, he became the first to let known in Korea that such competitions existed. At the time, there was one big cube group, a community page in one of the Korean community websites, translating to "solving the Rubik's Cube." Jun-Kyo was a member of the group and suggested there that such competitionts should be held in Korea. The administrators of the group found members who could speak another language. One such competitotor was Ilkyoo Choi.

Ilkyoo sent emails back and forth with Tyson Mao and Ron van Bruchem, but there were miscommunications. Mr. Huang, the distributor of Rubik's Cube in Korea and who worked for Seven Towns, became the first delegate. Although Ilkyoo planned to hold competitions in Summer 2006. However, at the time, there were two rivaling cube groups, the Solving the Cube and KCRC. The most important members of the Korean cubing community were thus split between these two groups. Because KRCA did not like the idea that Solving the Cube would host the first competition, their members refused to participate in this competition.

Also in summer 2006, Ilkyoo came to the United States to study. The only person left who spoke English was a member of KCRC, who actually held a competition, the president of KCA.

The president of KCRC suggested that there should be a national organization. KCA was therefore founded in 2006. The board members of the KCA were those who were on good terms with the president.

Notable cubers

Notable cubers from Korea include

See also

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