Rubik's Cube World Championships Part 4: 2009

After the controversies that ensnared Worlds 2007, it was hoped that Worlds 2009 would be a much fairer competition. Fortunately, it was. But did anything interesting happen during it?

[@TheCubingHistorian]

Thank you to Arufin Binsento for the amazing new logo! Apologies to everyone else for taking so long with this!

[@EpiCuber7]

Very snazzy indeed

[@adityarajsrivastava6580]

I have a Idea for making a video!!
You should make a video on biggest fails in cubing history.
Like Feliks 5.33 WR fail(corner twist)
Jayden's 3.370 Sub-4 fail
Max park's 6.4 and 4.68 OH wr fail(mis-scrambles)
or a history on cubing world records since you are a historian.

[@adityarajsrivastava6580]

You don't need to apologize!!

[@xenon2561]

Will this series have another part?

[@puzzlebuilding101]

This was my first competition :)
While balint bodor made his megaminx world record I was solving on the table next to him. ;)
On my old channel I filmed my solves and got the reaction for his world record on tape.
Also for the mosaic building I still have a picture of my team's submission on Facebook.(it was a Beatles album cover design)
Great video, you just earned a sub ;)
Keep it up!

[@ShakarDe]

7:54 So that was when the trouble began. That guy that australian guy

[@adityarajsrivastava6580]

He is the god of cubing

[@adityarajsrivastava6580]

a.k.a Feliks Zemdegs.

[@kimmccranie6623]

0:28 trans sticker👏👏👏

[@pedrodiaz9545]

No, just dont

[@kimmccranie6623]

Don’t what?

[@konkeydonged]

Direct qualification = you automatically got to compete in round 1 at that event if you ever had an official time/average on record at a previous competition. Qualification round = an initial round at the competition to make (qualify for) the cut-off time limit to make it into the first round. Any time in the qualification round at that event would still count officially in the WCA database, but might not be good enough to progress to the first round. Example: I was in the qualification round at US Nationals 2009. My previous best WCA 3x3 average was crappy enough that I was placed in the qualification round instead of round 1, but my performance in the qualification round was good enough to land me in round 1. So, at WC 2009 in 4x4 event, 1:15 at a previous event would automatically allow you to skip the qualification round and you would start from round 1. To qualify for round 1 (while already at WCA but lacking a previous PR better than 1:45), you would have needed better than 1:45 average to progress to round 1. Source: I started cubing in 2003.

[@asherjohnston9148]

Another excellent video, as per usual. Great work!

[@SUCubing]

I think the wca meant that there was a limit for the people on 4x4 so if did beat 1:45 but the competitors list was full, then they would be put on a waiting list. And people who didn’t make it would actually be removed

[@liamhenderson7367]

Why are there no comments on that last scene?
It was hilarious!!!

[@doricecubing43]

Finally a new video

[@anguscos4506]

Yes

[@TheCubingHistorian]

How are you always the first bloody comment

[@anguscos4506]

@@TheCubingHistorian I'm a highschool student procrastinating homework

[@EpiCuber7]

​@@anguscos4506 Homework? Nerd
Cubing? Historian
Hotel? trivaGO

[@TripDadLife]

I remember this comp very well

[@Gladiator6]

2009 was when i was born lol

[@lightningcreates1271]

I love that new logo.

[@TheCubingHistorian]

So do I!

[@liamgunter7581]

What country are you from?

[@calebyao.]

Austalia

[@StruckByLightning]

Hey mate! You know who Bill Wurtz is? He mad History of the whole World I guess Video!
You Should make history of the Rubik's Cube video!

[@thephysicistcuber175]

Are we gonna talk about this series apparently stopped 11 months ago?

[@TheCubingHistorian]

Clinical depression happened. It's beginning to clear up but it'll take a while.

[@thephysicistcuber175]

@@TheCubingHistorian F.

[@lewseall]

Nice logo looks very clean also nice vid very consistent uploads lol 👌

[@user-gf3ci7ep4z]

5:50 "Mikał Halczuk"

[@wik8501]

Please make a vid on the rainbow cube or another method vid

[@fuehdnsjwisj8097]

Could you do a history video of the first ever 12x12x12 Rubik’s cube invented by Leslie Le?
It was made around 2009 and nobody knows what happened to the project after a demo video was released.

[@TheCubingHistorian]

Oooooooh that would be interesting...

[@remyscube4865]

Erik!

[@ramanarayanananjukunnu7813]

People be like: Australia? Is this a joke?
Felicks be like: Time to FIX IT FELIX.

[@mountaincubing6901]

You misspelled Feliks wrong 2 ways wtf

[@-atimes3-]

Ooh, nice intro

[@danharris6862]

Superb video :)

[@M3ko2]

Woaj

[@SUCubing]

Then 2019 worlds are at Australia

[@heckerfrick9437]

Nice profile pic

[@pokeround]

3:50 I'm not leaving a comment 'downstairs' and that's final. Honestly...

[@adityarajsrivastava6580]

Hopefully you have managed to recover from your family loss.

[@AlfredSpeedcuber]

What is Rubik's Touch Cube?

[@AlfredSpeedcuber]

Phoenix Patterson what? Why?

[@727-]

You should have made the video 7:08 mins long

[@abhijeetghodgaonkar7720]

Yo

[@adityarajsrivastava6580]

Feliks!!! Feliks!!! Feliks!!! Feliks!!!......

[@yonghaohuang4243]

7:53 Feliks

[@peperoni9757]

am I early?

[@zacharymillercubing]

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