Ron van Bruchem (born 20 April 1967) 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.
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