Red Bull Mind Gamers

You can take part in the Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship by signing up for one of the National Qualifiers held in 16 countries across the globe. In larger countries, a series of Local Qualifiers is organised prior to the National Qualifiers. Registration for the first regional qualifier events will start in February 2018, with new events being added throughout the season: mindgamers.redbull.com/rubiks. In case there is no event hosted close to you, or you dont manage to attend an event, you can try to win your spot with the Rubik’s Cube Online Game, launching in spring 2018.

Starting in February 2018, amateur and professional speedcubers from around the world, will face each other in regional Qualifiers in more than 16 countries including Austria, Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine, USA - battling for the chance to prove their skills and progress to the next stage, the Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship Finals, in Boston, USA, 2018.

The Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship is open to anyone over the age 16 and over. Any further regional-specific restrictions will be communicated ahead of the local qualifiers.

National tournaments will start February 2018 and continue through till July 2018, with the World Championship be taken place in September 2018.

More than 16 countries including Australia, Hungary, India, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA, Brazil, China, Austria, Germany, Ukraine.

If, for whatever reason, qualifiers are not being held in your country, there are multiple alternative opportunities to get involved, either by participating at the online Rubik’s Cube Game (which will hold Wildcard tickets for the World Finals) or by participating in qualifiers in other countries. Participants can attend every Red Bull Rubik’s Cube Qualifier Event regardless of their place of residence or citizenship.

Yes, you can attend multiple events in multiple countries and participate in different game modes. If you win a game mode, you cannot participate in further qualifications in the same mode.

The Red Bull Rubik’s Cube Championship will offer 3 Game Modes in a competitive 1vs1 Knockout-Bracket-System. In addition to the 3 Game Modes, there will be a Female track for the Speed Cubing Game Mode. Game Mode 1: Speed Cubing 3x3x3 Best of 5 – with 5 different scrambles Same scramble for both players With Inspection Time First player with three wins progresses to the next round Game Mode 2: Fastest Hand (One Handed) 3x3x3 Best of 3 – with 3 different scrambles Same scramble for both players No Inspection Time First player with two wins progresses to the next round Game Mode 3: Re-Scramble 3x3x3 Best of 3 – with 3 different scrambles Participants get a solved Cube and a scrambled Cube (Same scramble for both players) First player to be able to reproduce the given scramble wins.

That’s right. For each format, there will be one winner per country, those winners will then be sent to the World Final in Boston, USA, where will be a World Champion for every game mode.

The events will feature a separate ’Female Speedcubing Track’, for the fastest female cube solvers. It’s identical to the 1 vs. 1 knockout system as in the mixed Speedcubing track.

Yes. The Red Bull Mind Gamers Championship formats are about challenging your skills, and testing them against others. There’s no all-male tournament, just the current competition, for everyone who loves speedcubing and wants to play.

The Championship is organized by Red Bull Mind Gamers, a platform for people eager to challenge their minds, offering teams and individuals to prove their mental power in different problem-solving scenarios, ranging from online challenges, Escape Rooms to Cube Solving.

Red Bull Mind Gamers is a global hub for mental challenges that stretch the mind. At www.redbullmindgamers.com, you’ll find a range of thought-provoking games, quizzes and challenges designed by the brightest puzzle-designers working today, as well as articles and stories about the mind universe. And when you’re ready to test your skills against others, Red Bull Mind Gamers runs global competitive tournaments to give the greatest Mind Gamers the opportunity to show their skills worldwide. At these events both teams and individuals can prove their mental power in a range of problem-solving scenarios, across a variety of disciplines, everything from Escape Rooms to Rubik’s Cube Speed Solving. Red Bull Mind Gamers: Think Brilliant.

The Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship is a new, global competition designed to challenge the most accomplished Cube solvers in one of the most exhilarating emerging sports, featuring a host of new game-mode and events presented in a never before seen knockout tournament. Starting in January 2018, amateur and professional speedcubers from around the world, will face each other in local and national Qualifiers in more than 16 countries battling for the chance to prove their skills and progress to the next stage, the Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship Finals, in Boston, USA, 2018.

The Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship aims to develop more opportunities and visibility for the cubing community. Our goal with the Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship is to advocate speed cubing as a professional mind sport and to give cubing athletes the opportunity to compete in new formats.

The Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Championship is part of Red Bull Mind Gamers, a platform of exciting, innovative challenges and events staged around the world, designed to allow both teams and individuals to prove their mental powers in a range of problem-solving scenarios. The Rubik’s Cube poses exactly the kind of mental and physical challenge that Red Bull Mind Gamers exists to champion. As well as an ongoing series of monthly web challenges, Red Bull Mind Gamers also runs the Red Bull Escape Room World Championship, a global event, now in its second season, designed to find the world’s most proficient escape room team.

The Red Bull Rubik’s World Championship is managed by Red Bull Mind Gamers independently of Rubik’s Brand Ltd. As a measure of legal transparency and compliance, Red Bull has acquired a license to use Rubik’s Intellectual Property in professional speed cubing via the Rubik’s Cube Speed solving Association.

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