Competitions · France

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017

Paris · 13 July 2017 · 18 events · 938 competitors · 1249 personal bests

Max Park won two of the 18 events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.05 seconds. 938 competitors produced 1249 personal bests, 225 of which still stand today.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 5×5 single world record: 38.52.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — 2×2, Antonie Paterakis over Christopher Olson

1249

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.87	6.85
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.26	1.72
4×4	Sebastian Weyer	19.79	24.15
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	43.70	48.48
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:32.00	1:35.34
7×7	Feliks Zemdegs	2:17.46	2:21.60
3×3 blindfolded	Grzegorz Jałocha	24.86	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Marcel Peters	25 moves	26.33
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.76	10.31
Clock	Wojciech Knott	5.56	6.31
Megaminx	Juan Pablo Huanqui	34.75	38.14
Pyraminx	Drew Brads	1.52	2.04
Skewb	Łukasz Burliga	2.52	2.86
Square-1	Jayden McNeill	7.47	10.07
4×4 blindfolded	Bill Wang	2:09.94	—
5×5 blindfolded	Tom Nelson	5:43.86	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Shivam Bansal	37 of 40 cubes · 59:12	—
3×3 with feet	Jakub Kipa	27.48	30.69

The PB harvest

1249 set · 225 still standing

Shivam Bansal — Pyraminx single 1.43: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Antoine Cantin — Pyraminx single 2.07: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Henri Gerber — Pyraminx single 2.07: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Albin Sten — Pyraminx single 2.21: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Paul Taylor — Pyraminx single 2.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Kian Mansour — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Gaspard Leleux — Pyraminx single 2.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Bertie Longden — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

192 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

938 competitors · 6775 results · 18 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Max Park won it with a 6.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1U2 B2 L2 F2 U F2 U B2 L' R U B L U2 F' U' R D F'
2U2 R2 B2 R2 F2 D' R2 D U B2 U B' R U' L F D F' L' B'
3L2 R2 F2 D L2 D2 F2 R2 U2 L U' B' F2 U' F L2 B2 L D2
4R' B2 L' F2 D2 R2 D2 R F2 R' B' D2 L B' L B' U F' L' D'
5B2 F2 L D2 U2 R F2 L' U2 F L D' R' D2 B' L2 F' U' R' D2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

938 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.