The 8th World Puzzle Championship (and Congress) took place from October 6 – 11, 1999 in Budapest, Hungary.

Official web page: http://www.rubiks.com/wpc_home.html

Instruction booklet: Individual rounds
Puzzle booklets: Individual rounds available for purchase through our archive.

Official results

WPCWPC
IndividualTeam
#1Wei-Hwa Huang (USA)USA
#2Zack Butler (USA)Netherlands
#3Niels Roest (NED)Czech Republic

Media & other information

Full results

RankNameCountryTierScore234578910
1Wei-Hwa HuangUSAA447813701534001045260401701040
2Zack ButlerUSAA41251065030010802252001601095
3Niels RoestNEDA4079880179300850380400170920
4Robert BabilonCZEA40768001463201060225420195910
5Yuki FuchigamiJPNA39461090186210955265160230850
6Pavel KalhousCZEA38661020251300101026080100845
7Michael LeyGERA3738795178300117513580155920
8László OsvaltHUNA3567790202300955175160160825
9Jeroen MeewisseNEDA3529875234300650280240240710
10Tim PeetersNEDA347267020230087522540400760
11Ron OsherUSAA33919559630089018040215715
12Paul JacobsNEDA327858588300750265380230680
13Krzysztof LigienzaPOLA324092012030059526040110895
14Miklós MócsyHUNA320974514430086013540180805
15Petr NepovímCZEA317391011338064010540135850
16Andreas BolotăROUA30967805630082016040265675
17John WetmillerCANA3001725146300595225160160690
18Gábor SzabóHUNUN 1298586540240695170200135640
19Milan ChudýSVKA28637158827054021580195760
20Grzegorz IgnaciukPOLA28476051521808052600195650
21Güray ErusTURA2818650178170540160320110690
22Dániel CsereklyeiHUNA281173514630055021580265520
23Ján FarkášSVKA27755802753004902750125730
24Eiji ShimojimaJPNA27697101291107801800135725
25Hüsnü SincarTURA2758815821068016040135710
26Ivan GrishchenkoRUSUN 3275769016221063019580205585
27Gerd Prull-AdenGERA271768532260570245120170635
28Pavol TibenskýSVKA26936254830055514040195790
29Birgit RosenthalGERA26927959730056022580135500
30Silke RitterGERA2678680827076022540170525
31Alexandru SzökeROUA2654450184300715155075775
32Tomohiko MitaJPNA255877513815055522512050545
33Olga LeontievaRUSUN 3253867582706609540135655
34Zdeněk VodičkaCZEUN 12517800972706151200110505
35Köksal KarakuşTURA24976257217054020580110695
36Péter NagyHUNA24927357230056030120145530
36Petra GrošeljSLOA2492840321206951400180485
38Eric SutherlandCANA2458585128270580950110690
39Petr VejchodaCZEA242848513827060014040110645
40Petr HamanCZEB2406645563005901800145490
41Luka PavičićCROA239259032340420400085525
42Kamer AlyanakyanTURA237867548240590500135640
43Peter GordonUSAA235252516230050010040145580
44Gabriela BendákováCZEB2338615482705753540180575
45Milena RabochováCZEB2300680403606201000120380
46Michał BornyPOLA21855554018041019540170595
47Bostjan KuzmanSLOA2179480241505807012025730
48Barna-László BernátROUUN 2216468524300440900100525
49Masatoshi KengoJPNUN 221614751611506507040120495
50Imre LőrinczROUA21236404817048511040135495
51Marta SkowronskaPOLA20936001532604151200145400
52Higuma KitanoJPNA20866202761706009540135150
53David SamuelCANA20834104821063511540125500
54Juhani HeinoFINA1999555641505801404050420
55Pero GalogažaCROA1985655401502801450170545
56Robert ŠimanovićCROUN 1197038540210705854025480
57Matjaž KonvalinkaSLOA19615001461205451454060405
58Petro GrabarchukUKRUN 31959635241904901950100325
59Juha HyvönenFINA183741532240565704085390
60Karel HencCZEB183738097210470504075515
61Nenad SkitarelićCROA1836580162604203540145340
62Károly ManassesROUA1618450818038518500410
63Nika NovakSLOA159835081504351150155385
64Zoltán VéghSVKA1499300642403203540110390
65Paul WeissCANA148536590240250130025385
66Andriy GermanUKRUN 31442425726045095085255
67Boris NazanskyCROA13012651619041550050315
68Shemsedin KryeziuKOSUN 21115310013020595085290
69Erkki KiiskiFINA97524501102753500310
70Eylem SönmezTURUN 192535007014050050265
71Tuuli RauvolaFINA6951850907512500220
RankCountryTierTotalTeam total1611Individual total234578910
1USAA187464400130019001200143463915411130035157653206903430
2NEDA180583700100017001000143583010703120031251150106010403070
3CZEA16843330080015001000135433215648127033107305805403250
4GERA162254400150015001400118252955315113030658303206302580
5JPNA1495936006002000100011359319572964028907653205502270
6POLA1406537001200150010001036526804659202225835806202540
7HUNA13879180010008000120793005564120029255554007502680
8TURA1382633754001475150010451276530679023505754404902735
9ROUA12991350060016001300949123202969502405610804752355
10SVKA121302300400800110098302220475111019056651606252670
11SLOA1213039001400150010008230217021054022554701604202005
12UNUN 3119963300800150010008696242526673022305801205251820
13CANA11827280010001800090272085412102020605652004202265
14CZEB1138125001000150008881232024111402255365805201960
15CROA96141700200150008397240017779021554252403201890
16UNUN 19387210060015000751420901049401535630404501725
17FINA9106360011001500100055061400965901495370801351340
18UNUN 2754014006008000544014701855801295255403051310