Competitions · Germany

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009

Düsseldorf · 9 October 2009 · 19 events · 327 competitors · 433 personal bests

Dan Cohen won two of the 19 events (5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Olivér Perge by 0.04 seconds. 327 competitors produced 433 personal bests, 83 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Michał Halczuk set the 7×7 single world record: 3:43.15.

Two wins

Dan Cohen — 5×5, 6×6

0.04s

closest final — Magic, Olivér Perge over Bálint Bodor

433

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Breandan Vallance	9.63	10.74
2×2	Rowe Hessler	2.46	3.28
4×4	Shuhei Omura (大村周平)	43.19	45.18
5×5	Dan Cohen	1:10.40	1:18.20
6×6	Dan Cohen	2:22.58	2:36.65
7×7	Michał Halczuk	3:43.15	4:01.23
3×3 blindfolded	Guillain Potron	1:05.43	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Olivér Perge	26 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	15.55	16.90
Clock	Koen Wermer	8.18	9.43
Megaminx	Bálint Bodor	57.94	1:05.32
Pyraminx	Yohei Oka (岡要平)	3.88	4.87
Square-1	Piotr Michał Padlewski	10.96	15.21
4×4 blindfolded	Kai Jiptner	7:02.66	—
5×5 blindfolded	Rafał Guzewicz	15:43.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Tim Habermaas	12 of 14 cubes · 52:50	—
3×3 with feet	Yumu Tabuchi (田渕雄夢)	55.34	—
Magic	Olivér Perge	0.94	1.01
Master Magic	Máté Horváth	1.93	2.22

The PB harvest

433 set · 83 still standing

Thomas Watiotienne — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Anton Rostovikov — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Laetitia Lemoine — 2×2 single 1.88: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Marwin-Peter Kurth — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Péter Trombitás — Magic single 1.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Reiner Thomsen — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Alejandro Aguado Barahona — 3×3 single 9.47: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Carlos Angosto Hernández — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 3,600 people who made their debut in 2009. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

124 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

327 competitors · 1805 results · 19 events.

Everyone who competed

327 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.