2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship

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2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship

Summary

2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of sports_season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship won the Masayuki Akimoto[3].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship won the Chris Hardwick[4].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship won the Dan Knights[5].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship won the Dror Vomberg[6].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship won the Miroslav Goljan[7].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship won the Jaap Scherphuis[8].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship is located in Toronto[9].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship is in the country of Canada[10].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's instance of is recorded as sports season[11].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's follows is recorded as 1982 World Rubik's Cube Championship[12].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's followed by is recorded as 2005 Rubik's Cube World Championship[13].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's location is recorded as Ontario Science Centre[14].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's edition number is recorded as 2[15].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's start time is recorded as +2003-08-23T00:00:00Z[16].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's end time is recorded as +2003-08-24T00:00:00Z[17].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's point in time is recorded as +2003-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's sport is recorded as speedcubing[19].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's organizer is recorded as World Cube Association[20].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's described at URL is recorded as https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2003[21].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's number of participants is recorded as {'amount': '+88'}[22].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'WC2003'}[23].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's different from is recorded as Speedcubing World Championship[24].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1218dm1w[25].
  • 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship's sports season of league or competition is recorded as Speedcubing World Championship[26].

Body

Recognition

Wins include Masayuki Akimoto[3], a researcher[27], b. 1966[28], of Japan[29]; Chris Hardwick[4], a speedcuber[30], b. 1983[31], of United States[32]; Dan Knights[5], a microbiologist[33], of United States[34], awarded the University of Minnesota McKnight Land-Grant Professorship[35], specialised in bioinformatics[36]; Dror Vomberg[6]; Miroslav Goljan[7], a speedcuber[37], b. 1960[38], of Czech Republic[39]; and Jaap Scherphuis[8], a speedcuber[40], of Netherlands[41].

Why It Matters

2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship ranks in the top 2% of sports_season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

FAQs

What awards did 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championship receive?

Honors received include Masayuki Akimoto[3], Chris Hardwick[4], Dan Knights[5], and Dror Vomberg[6].

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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