3x3x3 Blindfolded World Record

Chris Krueger - Blindfolded World Record
Canadian Open 2007 - Saturday May 19th

Scramble:
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Tel Aviv student joins Rubik's Cube tournament
By LAUREN KRUGEL
CJN Intern
Dror Vomberg was not even a twinkle in his mother's eye during the Rubik's Cube craze of the early '80s.
Nonetheless, the 20-year-old can solve the puzzle in under three minutes. Blindfolded.
Vomberg, who studies math at Tel Aviv University, was one of hundreds of "cubists" who attended the World Rubik's Games Championships at the Ontario Science Centre Aug. 23 and 24. It was the first competition of its kind to be held in more than two decades.
Invented by Hungarian Erno Rubik in the 1970s, the Rubik's Cube became one of the most successful toys of all time -- more than 250 million cubes were sold. With 43 quintillion possible configurations and only one correct one, some people have been known to solve the puzzle in as little as 16 seconds.
"It's addictive," said Vomberg, absentmindedly turning the edges of his cube. "It's linear thinking. You have to visualize."
Amid the din of clicking plastic, contestants stood behind gigantic replicas of the multicoloured cubic puzzles. A digital clock ticking away above their heads, they deftly flipped and twisted the sides of their cubes, their hands moving at lightning speed.
Vomberg, who flew from Israel to attend the competition, returned to his seat disappointed. He did not break his record of solving a 3x3 cube in two minutes and 19 seconds, although three minutes and 56 seconds is still a pretty good time, he admitted.
Cubing is not very popular in Israel, he said, "especially blindfolded." Here, Vomberg said, everyone wants to talk to him, and several young, eager cubists asked him to autograph their cubes. While in Toronto, he has been interviewed on Canada A.M. and YTV.
Vomberg has been an avid cubist since he was a child, but it wasn't until he was 15 that he learned how to solve the cube blindfolded.
He once saw a man doing the puzzle behind his back and was inspired to try it himself.
"I thought this guy has to have extraordinary vision or something," he said. "I thought I'd try it."
It took Vomberg two weeks to master blindfolded cubing. The first time he solved the puzzle, it took him an hour. He has since shaved his time down to a a few minutes.
"It's the same system. I just need to memorize the places," said Vomberg, describing in great detail his technique.
He observes the cube briefly before putting the blindfold on. Once he memorizes where at least two squares are, he can figure out where the rest are supposed to go with a series of mathematical equations. Once one side of the cube is complete, the trick is to finish the rest without undoing it.
Cubing has given him a great opportunity to travel. In March, he competed on a German television show and after seeing an ad on a speedcubing Web site, decided to come to the competition in Toronto.
The blindfolded competition was not held on the stage with the other categories. Vomberg and other blindfolded cubists solved their puzzle in a silent room backstage.
Vomberg participated in the 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 blindfolded cubing events. By the end, he says, his hands were very sore.
Vomberg, an observant Jew said he "freaked out a little" when he found out the first day of the competition fell on Shabbat.
He said the organizers were very flexible and allowed him to participate only on the second day. While he could not bring his trusty cube with him, on Saturday, Vomberg and his father walked 25 minutes from their hotel to the competition to watch from the sidelines.

"I'm not interested in the money," said Vomberg. ................................................................................­........................................
This guy "behind his back" on this news it's in 27 seconds it's me and between 1982-2003 the cube is dead, championship 0% or tv show 1%. Open your brain please.
My name is nobody now but the return of cube
probably me:).

web page Fridrich or Petrus

I started my webpage in december 2000 with the name rubikscuberecord.com for fun. My page it's old and the cube is behind me a long time ago. The Rubik's Cube craze of the early '80s. I'm the no name in many news paper. Normal on without championsip but I like it. Sorry my english is poor.

Si vous croyez que seul le cerveau repose dans un chronomètre vous n'avez rien compris. Tout le monde maintenant ou presque utilise la même méthode. Demandez vous seulement pourquoi que les plus jeunes sont les meilleurs sur chacun des défis.

Gaétan Guimond

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[Ludinho27]

my best time is about 7 months to fix it

[Sakarie12]

No, we don't! Just 24 letters!

[SuperVaibhav2]

the guy went nuts

[johnpaul5202]

lol it said speed stacks...

[escolalol]

why the fuck i am watching cube videos

[OmGsKaTe1]

@alexborinteiangered th

[alexborinteiangered]

@OmGsKaTe1 He probably uses a method designed for blindfolding

[OmGsKaTe1]

What For a methdode he do the Jessica Friedrich Methode or the Petrus methdoe ... ?

[Saidenblazer]

Omfg that's little bit more time then I would solve it un-blindfolded

[FallenEmpirePK]

haha nice!! my best time is 51mins..:P

[irlrp]

Give me a hammer and some glue, i can do it too.

[kk1188kk1234]

@Sakarie12 what?