Édouard Chambon
Édouard Chambon (Valence), born 19 August 1986, is a French software engineer who was world record holder for fastest single time on a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube with a time of 9.18 seconds and fastest average time of 11.48 seconds.[1] These records were set at the Murcia Open on 23 February 2008.[2][3][4]
Chambon won the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube event at the 2005 French Open,[5] in what was only his second tournament. In the first round of this tournament, he broke the European Record for the fastest average time. Later that year he finished second in the World Championships.[6] A series of top-four finishes followed before he broke the World Record for the fastest solve at the Belgian Open in 2007. Chambon broke the world record in the first round with a 10.36 seconds solve. However, he was then beaten by Thibaut Jacquinot in the final. In 2008, he regained his world record with a time of 9.18 seconds. His record was broken again by Yu Nakajima, who set an average of 11.28 seconds and a best time of 8.72 on 4 May 2008 at Kashiwa Open 2008.
References
[edit]- ^ Rubik's Cube. Jean Pons en quête d'une nouvelle couronne européenne 2008 "En Espagne où 150 concurrents s'affronteront, dont son vieil adversaire français Édouard Chambon,"
- ^ "Official results of Edouard Chambon". worldcubeassociation.com. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ "Rubik's Cube 3x3x3: Fastest Time to Solve". SpeedCubing.com. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
- ^ Championnat de France de Rubik's Cube Kanneti Sae Han conserve son titre 23/04/2011 "Edouard Chambon, un ingénieur de 25 ans, originaire de Valence, a pris la seconde place avec 11.65 secondes, parmi les meilleures performances de cet ancien titré national."
- ^ "Personal Biography of his competitions experience".
- ^ "Jean Pons of France Crowned As 2005 World Rubik's Cube Champion". Hasbro.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
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