Anniversary Celebration
Saturday December 20, 2008

WE DID IT!

In celebration of A Decade of Discovery, we unofficially* set a new Guinness World Record for the most people solving Rubik's Cubes at one time!




Thank you to all who came out on Saturday, Dec. 20, to celebrate with us!

Check out ScienceDude's live blog of the event on OCRegister.com

Results from the Speedsolving Competition are on The World Cube Association Web site

A special Thank You to the Cal Tech Rubik's Cube Club and UCI's Melissa Davis

Just in time for our anniversary party, NASA and JPL sent the Next Mars Rover to Discovery Science Center!




* Official World Record Status Pending - but we had 96 people solve the cube in one hour! The previous record was 75.

List of participants in the Guinness World Record Attempt:

Albini, Peter - 14, Santa Ana

Ammermann, E. Henry Chu - 12, Irvine

Baker, Brandon - 16, Redlands

Brown, Cameron - 13, Bakersfield

Campbell, Charles – 39, Corona

Campbell, Doran – 12, Corona

Chang, Shelley – 23, Alhambra

Chavira, Tyrus – 12, Downey

Chen, Judy – 21, Hacienda Heights

Chen, Julianna – 23, Hacienda Heights

Cheng, Da – 17, San Clemente

Corr-Robinett, Devin – 17, South Pasadena

Dang, Luan – 37, Newport Beach

Day, Carlos – 12, Los Angeles

DeAngelis, Chris – 12, La Crescenta

Decker, Sean – 9, Laguna Beach

Decker ,Ryan – 11, Laguna Beach

Deutsch, David – 34, Los Angeles

Diep, Brandy – 19, Upland

Dunning, Andrew – 11, Laguna Niguel

Edmonds, Jennifer – 41, Fountain Valley

Edmonds, Caroline – 7, Fountain Valley

Epting, Charlie – 15, Huntington Beach

Farrell, Kristin – 9, Aliso Viejo

Finley, Eric – 15, Santa Ana

Galindo, Jonas – 13, Los Angeles

Garron, Lucas – 17, Walnut Creek

Gentzler, Tim – 29, Santa Ana

George, John – 37, Placentia

Gomez, Abraham – 15, Pomona

Grinta, Lennon – 15, Simi Valley

Gubitz, Ben – 27, Costa Mesa

Hashimoto, Tayao – 44, Los Angeles

Heise, Cody – 15, Costa Mesa

Helmick, Cailin – 14, Mission Viejo

Helmick, Emily – 11, Mission Viejo

Helmick, Kyle – 16, Mission Viejo

Helmick, Matthew – 43, Mission Viejo

Helmick, Jeanne – 39, Mission Viejo

Hernandez, Alberto – 46, El Salvador

Hernandez, Joel – 16, El Salvador

Hernandez, Loida – 21, El Salvador

Hoang, Steven – 13, Irvine

Ibarra, Asdrubal – 24, Irvine

Jackson, Tyler – 10, Laguna Beach

Jelsma, Andrew – 14, Tustin

Johnson, Joshua – 23, North Las Vegas, NV

Johnson, Miles – 22, Vista

Kamgar, Alex – 13, Laguna Beach

Kamgar, Isaac – 12, Laguna Beach

Kamgar, Leo – 8, Laguna Beach

Kamgar, Lucy Jane – 10, Laguna Beach

Kim, Jun-Kyuk – 12, Los Angeles

Ko, Mervin – 24, Pasadena

Krueger, Chris – 21, Denver, CO

Langdon, Stryker – 38, Corona

Lee, Michelle – 31, Claremont

Lee, Rosie – 23, Covina

LeVesque, Tyler – 13, Tustin

Lipscolm, Dwayne – 39, Aliso Viejo

Lipscomb, Feather – 34, Aliso Viejo

Martinez, Reggie – 14, Santa Ana

McCann, Thomas – 37, Costa Mesa

Mendoza, Marco – 21, Los Angeles

Mendoza, Romeo – 21, Los Angeles

Messmann, Caspar – 14, Amsterdam, Holland

Miller, Matthew – 13, Santa Ana

Miller, Michael – 11, Santa Ana

Mizumoto, Weston – 14, Yorba Linda

Montez, Breeonna – 14, Anaheim

Nadudvari, Deven – 12, Monterey Park

Nelson, Andrew – 19, Buena Park

Onan, Tim – 34, Costa Mesa

Ong, Garret – 16, Aliso Viejo

Perez, Xavier – 10, Corona

Robinett, Tamie – 43, Pasadena

Rubi, Edward – 40, Placentia

Ryba, Brenton – 22, Cypress

Snyder , Brandon – 13, Laguna Beach

Sosulska, Jonathan – 17, San Clemente

Sylvester, Caitlin – 24, Santa Ana

Taylor, Stephanie – 20, Santa Ana

Tran, David – 16, Anaheim

Tran, Dan – 18, Santa Ana

Turner, Steven – 15, Riverside

Van Steen, Randy – 48, Yorba Linda

Van Steen, Josh – 10, Yorba Linda

Vestil, Keanu – 10, Topeka Canyon

Walker, Aeraina – 40, Lancaster

Wanamaker, Paul – 28, Brea

Welinder, Lukas – 13, Huntington Beach

Weng, James – 26, Huntington Beach

Wilcox, Ivan – 12, Costa Mesa

Wing, Vincent – 17, San Clemente

Xie, Wei – 22, San Diego

Yu, Guanyang – 14, Monterey Park