Ron van Bruchem
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Ron van Bruchem is a well known Dutch
speedcuber
living in Almere
. He helped create the current resurge of Rubik's cube
enthusiasm by organizing international competitions. He is also a co-founder and board member of the WCA (World Cube Association
), an organization aiming at the spread of speedcubing as a regulated sport. He is also the host of the popular website speedcubing.com.
He has held official world records for solving the traditional Rubik's cube (9.55 seconds, single solve) set at the Dutch Nationals 2007 (lost 2008), the 5x5x5 cube in 2006 (1:47.22 min, single solve) set at Belgian Open 2006 (lost 2006), and 2x2x2 (2.65 seconds, single solve) set at UK Open 2007 (lost 2008).
He is currently (November 2010) the fastest Rubik's Cube solver over 27 years old.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
speedcuber
Speedcubing
Speedcubing is the activity of solving a Rubik's Cube or related puzzle as quickly as possible...
living in Almere
Almere
Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the...
. He helped create the current resurge of Rubik's cube
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...
enthusiasm by organizing international competitions. He is also a co-founder and board member of the WCA (World Cube Association
World Cube Association
The World Cube Association is an organization that regulates and holds Rubik's Cube competitions. It was founded by Ron van Bruchem of the Netherlands and Tyson Mao of the United States...
), an organization aiming at the spread of speedcubing as a regulated sport. He is also the host of the popular website speedcubing.com.
He has held official world records for solving the traditional Rubik's cube (9.55 seconds, single solve) set at the Dutch Nationals 2007 (lost 2008), the 5x5x5 cube in 2006 (1:47.22 min, single solve) set at Belgian Open 2006 (lost 2006), and 2x2x2 (2.65 seconds, single solve) set at UK Open 2007 (lost 2008).
He is currently (November 2010) the fastest Rubik's Cube solver over 27 years old.
External links
- Ron van Bruchem's listing on http://www.worldcubeassociation.org