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Grandson of Former Port Chester Mayor, a Rubik's Cube Master

The grandson of former Port Chester Mayor Joe Dzaluk is a nationally recognized Rubik's cube master. Joseph Dzaluk, 13, who lives in Celebration, Fl. is ranked number one in the State of Florida for "speed cubing" and has participated in seven national and international competitions, including some at Yale and MIT. 

Dzaluk was born in Paris, France and moved to Celebration when he was seven. Three years ago, while attending  a YMCA camp, his counselor introduced him to cubing and after doing some research on YouTube he gained an interest in "speed cubing" and soon after was hooked. Dzaluk competed in the Rubik's Cube World Championship in Las Vegas, Nv. in late July. 

When Dzaluk is not cubing he plays basketball and roots for his favorite team, the New York Knicks. 

Thank you to his parents for submitting the following information to Port Chester Patch.

Accomplishments : 

Joseph participates in 7 different Rubiks cube events in addition to the standard 3X3X3 Rubiks cube. These events range from solving with one hand, solving a 5X5X5 cube and solving the cube with his feet. 

There are over 20,000 cubers who have participated in global competitions and Joseph is ranked in the top 2% and is 72nd of 3500 cubers  in the U.S. 

His best time for a 3X3X3 cube is just 10.3 seconds !! 

His best placements were 2nd in the 2X2X2 event in Yale in Spring of 2012, 3rd in the 3X3X3 one handed event at MIT in the Fall of 2012 
and 7th (out of 300 cubers)  in the 2X2X2 event at 2012 U.S. National championship. 

At the 2013 World Championship, over 600 cubers from 37 countries participated in the 3 day event making it the largest ever cubing competition. Joe established 8 new personal best records in 5 events including solving a 3X3X3 cube with one hand in an average of 20 seconds (51st place), made the semi final in the 2X2X2 (30th place), and set a new record by solving the cube in just 44 moves (78th place). 


About the competition
 

About the Competition:
The World Rubik's Cube Championship was first held on June 5, 1982 in Budapest, Hungary, the birthplace of the Rubik's Cube.  The competition only had one event, which was one round of 3x3x3 speed solve in a best-of-3 format.  The winner was Minh Thai from the United States, with a single best time of 22.95 seconds.  It would be 21 years until the next World Championship was held in Toronto, Canada at the Ontario Science Center. 

In an effort to make competitive cubing a more regular occurrence with higher frequency than its previous 21 year cadence, Tyson Mao of the United States and Ron van Bruchem of The Netherlands formed the World Cube Association.  The first WCA event was held in 2004, and since then, the World Championship have been held every other year. 

In 2005, the event was held in Lake Buena Vista, FL. 


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