World Championship Rubik's Cube 1982

This is a 25 minute video with the highlights of the 1st Rubik's Cube World Championship, held in June 1982 in Budapest.
Unfortunately the quality is not very good.
Thanks to Pellepennan Aspelin for sending me the original video cassette!
Copyright: Swedish television, 1982.

[@SikoSoft]

Amazing how much speed cubing has changed. The amount of rotations alone... they constantly were looking around the cube and performing rotations decades ago. I love seeing these things to understand just how far we've come and all we've learned. And I'm still no where close to these times yet, and I have the luxury of using modern cubes designed for speed, with magnets and all that jazz. These people were going at it on the rough original Rubik's branded cubes. That alone is insane!

[@josiahsims6333]

but understand that these are the best in the world back then so if they were transported with their skills to our modern equipment they would with practice be right around the wr as well. i solve a little faster than they do in the video but if I try to do the same thing they are doing i would be around 1 minute.

[@ericpalacios920]

Fun fact: most of these guys learned their tricks on cubes with the "japanese color scheme" where blue is opposite white. However all the cubes in this competition had the modern color scheme where yellow is opposite white, meaning there's a fair chance a faster time could've been had if they were more used to the color scheme

[@1312_PV]

They were also given new unbroken unmmoded cubes instead of theirs and if a cube popped in two solves in a row they'd be disqualified.

[@poliwagpi4554]

@@1312_PV yeah rules kinda sucked back then

[@patches7466]

0:51 "mr rubik and his cubic"

[@darkgreninja8349]

Oh man. We've come a long way since that, huh

[@johnkenosiscameyog9808]

Imagine Felix Zemdegs travel to the past and join this competition

[@cardd]

but the cubes were absolute dog shit

[@xiyisilix]

@@cardd and they hadn't such great methods

[@michalyakcm4800]

They be calling NASA and Scientists to inspect Feliks.

[@BTK2403]

@@cardd yes

[@speedperm9924]

@@michalyakcm4800 lol

[@249cubegame]

And come again when we are having the championships again in Budapest Bye Bye! 82 🤩 83 😁 84 😄 85 😃 86 😀 87 🙂 88 😌 89 😕 90 🙁 91 ☹️ 92 😞 93 😣 94 😖 95 😫 96 😩 97 😭 98 🫡 99 😮 00 😏 01 🥺 02 😊 03 🥹 04 😎 The last Bye bye for 21 years… In 2003 we said hello again to speedcubing and in 2004 the return was here to stay. Thank you Ron for the WCA. We love you and your idea.

[@BozoTheMonke]

14 seconds in 1982 with cubes back then is insane

[@naufaldybambang4231]

They got Mr. Rubiks for the referee of World Rubiks Championship! What a day.

[@horridamalgamation]

He was the only delegate back then

[@auzziedude7404]

15:00 for the world record

[@EliteCubingAlliance]

lol thx

[@samueljehanno]

Sub20 was possible but yeah!

[@ibie27]

Thanks

[@Ravalo354]

the fact it was mostly wrist turns and the cubes couldn't corner cut makes it impressive

[@edmarter7717]

@@Ravalo354 And The Method* ITS really really impressive

[@sanseverything900]

Couldn't help but notice the names Fridrich and Petrus were in this championship. They would each go on to have solving methods named after them (I think most speedcubers are familiar with the Fridrich method). Pretty interesting that they were both competing in this event.

[@PinGotStolen]

fact check fridrich method is CFOP right?

[@_chaitanyajoshi]

@@PinGotStolen Yes today most of us call the Fridrich method CFOP

[@sanseverything900]

@@PinGotStolen It is indeed!

[@PinGotStolen]

@@_chaitanyajoshi Thnx

[@PinGotStolen]

@@sanseverything900 thank you!

[@RinocerontusReal]

I was supposedly going to study, but i need to see this I don't regret it

[@deliesek9126]

Same here

[@Thebackdreamer]

ye i was supposed to do an art project but hey who cares

[@Godmil]

I'm so glad this has been preserved. Though my wrists feel sore just thinking about turning those cubes :)

[@watchf]

Delegates now: 8 seconds, 12 seconds (damn this guy is inspecting forever) Delegates 1982: He doesn’t even want the full 15 seconds! 🕵️‍♂️ 🧐 He only wants 10 how incredibly remarkable, he’s a genius!😮 🤔

[@freshcuber]

Now I know why I learned swedish. :-) I also started cubing in the 1980s, but it took me 36 years to become faster than Minh Thai. :-)

[@xiyisilix]

Ich hab nicht gedacht dass ich dich hier finde

[@егорсамыйлучший13]

after 36 years, you get faster than minh thai's 22.95?

[@speedcubergd]

took me roughly 1 year to be faster

[@Thebackdreamer]

took me 2 weeks to

[@AlexAnders_69420]

Damn that is some good grafic. My tablet can barely show 3 by 3 pixels man

[@benjaminwasfound2]

I guarantee you no one in this room would believe me if i told them 32 years from now there will be a 10 year old kid who solves the cube in under 4.5 seconds ON AVERAGE

[@TheArtmatician]

Of course, look at the cubes back then

[@KnuxMaster368]

Quality was VHS quality with CC's in Swedish, but at least it's good enough to see what Petrus and Schultz are doing in slow mo.

[@249pro6]

It’s been 40 years since!!!

[@TheJon9001]

WCA should’ve kept the life story reading that the dude was doing for every contestant

[@voidedifbroken3953]

They sometimes do it while the participants are being called up but it would be so god damn distracting if people were talking about you over a live speaker while you were trying to solve.

[@zerne7887]

A lot of these people are in their 60s now :/

[@KyleDoesCubing]

Imagine you can time travel and then you show up to the 1982 World Championships with a Gan 14 maglev pro

[@0terrors1]

They get 29 seconds on average but I get 47 seconds on average with CFOP

[@theowlstowel9884]

i get like 47 seconds on f2l alone but im still pretty new so hopefully those numbers go down

[@cubebrain2498]

It's going down I'm begin cfop before 10 Monts by a minute and now I'm sub 15 secnds

[@cornwithak]

Im getting 42 second average with beginner method

[@theowlstowel9884]

@@cornwithak i have average 1:31 seconds with cfop

[@Vinkelminister]

24:33 they never had the championship again 😔

[@Z_Random_YT]

3:54 "unbelievable personal best of 14 seconds" 😂

[@qxwt]

ah yes, “Study the cube for 15 seconds”

[@parusudi1]

Mr. van Bruchem, congratulations

[@cubix5499]

They have no fingertricks, but they're fast.

[@yat_ii]

They can’t fingertrick, the cubes are too bad

[@cubix5499]

@@yat_ii ah yes.

[@nicathenoob19]

@@yat_ii some people from what I’ve seen did finger tricks in other unofficial competitions, but most used wrist turns

[@thelivingcube]

this took place at least 38 years ago.... holy hell

[@MrRubik88]

40 years now.🧓

[@Rahhh._]

I dreaming about this Rubik's competition and it's took place in Belgia, i thought is was just in my dream and when i search about it It's real 😳. I never heard about this competiton before

[@andrewwatkins4852]

Then why not go compete in a cube competition I plan on doing so myself

[@InterDimensionalLizard]

A more wholesome time.

[@eavyeavy2864]

No, moro n

[@EvanGorczyk]

i typically get a 25 second average .. about the same as the competitors

[@b5yuwu672]

why dont we have these intros these days

[@arfansthename]

I see the inspection time was still 15 seconds.

[@cariyaputta]

Man, those days it was so formal, we even had lawyers and juries and sealed cubes.

[@cikguhassan]

it would be amaizing to change a perfect cube change it to a pattern mixed up....do you understand?

[@Vesperx_]

he's doing fingertricks :0

[@robotikempire]

Anyone know what method they were using? There weren't a lot of pauses just lots of extra movements.

[@ronvanbruchem7012]

Here is some information on the World Championship 1982, the competitors and their methods: www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/cubic3.htm

[@IanAC]

Corner's First

[@tricktricky6524]

+IanAC yeah

[@jack031511]

RobotikEmpire I don't know about all of them but corners first was most popular in the 80s.

[@the_lie_is_a_pie2416]

RobotikEmpire they peel of the stickers xD

[@BebPlays]

I love how this dude is still better than me.

[@CarbonFeber]

Thought the sign said Rubix cube worshiping 1982 for a second

[@jhonethanpulga7872]

15:29 We’ve come for this

[@_Rainbooow]

times when 2 weeks was fast...

[@GOODBYEGOODBYEGOODBYE-s1d]

Rubik's cube world champion Budapest 1982 (1982-2003) 0:01

[@victhecuber5956]

My mother wasn’t even born when this was aired 😂.

[@Sevonarola]

my mother was 2 years old 😂

[@GOODBYEGOODBYEGOODBYE-s1d]

24:40 Outro

[@Crisprian]

Is that the Lars Petrus who invented Petrus and several other method or subset?

[@Vesperx_]

no that's a vietnamese dude

[@bobbyolander9330]

Yes, it is...I think Frozed missunderstod the question. Lars have his own webpage that describes his method. lar5.com/cube/

[@TaroLeButcher]

17:05 Lars Petrus

[@Skullyboss-sr9my]

The guys are like “10 MINUTES A NEW RECORD”

[@Noname-t2m4x]

10 minutes? Are you officially dumb?

[@GOODBYEGOODBYEGOODBYE-s1d]

What is this song

[@JohnPaulBuce]

nice 😊

[@егорсамыйлучший13]

my dad is born in 1982 Jul 22

[@Mistyre]

that intro song sounded like something from willy wonka

[@misenthropic]

wonder what method they use

[@ronvanbruchem7012]

www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/cubic3.htm

[@S_Miclemie]

Corner first was a popular method back then, so its probably that

[@DwAboutItManFr]

Funny how the required a lawyer and a sealed case for the scrambles, lmao.

[@josiahsims6333]

apparently USA only has 15 states in 1982.

[@KlichkiLGNTymer]

I am seen 2024 yo

[@NickPanik]

Daaaaaamn a good time to compete

[@scottschoppert9149]

Good luck using the cubes back then.

[@NickPanik]

@@scottschoppert9149 I've been cubing since 2000, trust me....i know about the quality

[@GOODBYEGOODBYEGOODBYE-s1d]

15:27 Minh Thai (22.95) World Record

[@Monkeyman4171]

No way this video is in swedish 😂 I never hear my languege in mainstream media

[@IzzyFromUSA]

Someone tell me what is the original rubiks cube to buy

[@PalkkiTT]

Dont bay rubiks own brand. They are shit and over priced. Buy a speed cube.

[@SympathischPeter]

Buy a original Rubics Speed Cube from Amazone 👍🏼 This is a good cube

[@diegobernardo8898]

Where the referee come from great britain has 4 countries north ireland wales scotland or england

[@whatdoiputhere224]

15:29 minh thai 22.95

[@salute4392]

What is the song at the end?

[@ronvanbruchem7012]

www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/cubic3.htm

[@eduardgarcia7661]

HOLA Me suscribo saludos desde Colombia

[@deliesek9126]

Study the cube :) Inspecting

[@lorenzopistacio3178]

Is it only me, or is the first competitor is somewhat a showoff lier

[@ubaibhuiyan1222]

Damnn

[@NoobFFMisgoodatfnf]

HOW DARE THEY TURN THE CUBE WITHOUT FINGER TRICKS.

[@edk1124]

Modern day finger tricks doesn't work. Those cubes are absolutely rubbish compared to what we have nowadays. The cubes cant even corner cut.

[@duxkhi1]

That German had DNF

[@muaz257]

1:23:00 is the first wr

[@nonrongd9692]

Set english translate and start at begining

[@dec8043]

15:50

[@bang1338]

Vietnam mindful But is go to USA to live (after war)

[@ahahanerfasssassin9774]

dat referee lol

[@tricktricky6524]

cf method

[@toilanhan5109]

I love Minh Thai

[@peripateticguy55]

Unbelievable 14 seconds. Even I can beat that. Yeet

[@champ10ns08]

Not with one of those old cubes lol

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodso5608]

Bro the yeet sent me

[@Jasper_4444]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodso5608On a yeet ball?

[@dasilvaferreiranunof1a119]

We now use more better cubes and now with my gan i average 25 secodns and some. Guys with trash cubes are near my time ;-;

[@5Algsolve]

Yo

[@tuannguyen1700]

Viet Nam

[@HappyRaven-neilrw]

What is the method

[@S_Miclemie]

Corner first was a popular method back then, so it probably that

[@GOODBYEGOODBYEGOODBYE-s1d]

23:23 United States of America Wins!!!!

[@plingity9756]

A lot of re gripping

[@kingpog9399]

1:20 "I THINK ID RATHER GO TO WAR" is he okay?