The Rubik’s Cube World Championship 2017, held at the Dock Pullman, Paris saw 1,100 competitors from 67 countries assemble to crack the iconic puzzle, was won by speedcuber Max Park from San Diego, CA, with a blistering solving average of 6.85 seconds.
On a dramatic final day of competition, the American surpassed the score of Seung Hyuk Nahm of Korea by a mere 0.17 seconds. Third place was taken by a second American, Lucas Etter, with an average solve time of 7.24 seconds.
The top ten speedcubing competitors were all within two seconds of each other, as shown below:
Ordered by name, best single solve (seconds), average solve time (seconds) and nationality.
1 Max Park — 5.87 — 6.85 — United States
2 Seung Hyuk Nahm — 6.40 — 7.02 — Korea
3 Lucas Etter — 6.23 — 7.24 — United States
4 Feliks Zemdegs — 6.55 — 7.28 — Australia
5 Bill Wang — 6.18 — 7.55 — Canada
6 Alexandre Carlier — 5.91 — 7.57 — France
7 Patrick Ponce — 5.47 — 7.62 — United States
8 Mats Valk — 6.06 — 7.92 — Netherlands
9 Yi-Fan Wu — 7.53 — 8.34 — Taiwan
10 Kevin Gerhardt — 7.35 — 8.67 — Germany
Meanwhile, the inaugural Rubik’s Nations Cup, which saw national teams of three cubers competing in relay, was won by Germany, with three Rubik’s Cubes solved in a jaw-dropping 25.71 seconds.
Over one thousand competitors from 67 countries attended the Rubik’s Cube World Championship.
