Contest was organized by Ginny Wellesley, Bob Blakely and Ron Lancaster Contests were held in Simpson's department stores Canadian Cube Contest 1982 ------------------------------------------ 8 Regional Contests Halifax, Nova Scotia Dave Ettinger 47 s Montreal, Quebec Luc Forest 31.76 s 19 years Toronto, Ontario Soo Nam Kim 39 s London, Ontario Kosta Elieff 28 s Kitchener, Ontario Duc Trinh 54 s Winnipeg, Manitoba Kevin Ruth 44 s Calgary, Alberta Mark Ursel 36 s Kamloops, British Columbia Rudy Kwiathowski 54 s National Finals held at Ontario Science Centre, Toronto Ontario on March 20, 1982 1. Duc Trinh 26 s 2. Rudy Kwiathowski 28 s 3. Kosta Elieff 29 s Further notes: In Quebec, the first Rubik's Cube Championship was held on February 21, 1982 at the Montreal Youth Show. Toronto contest location was at the Yorkdale Mall in the Simpson's department store. The Calgary contest location was at the Mount Royal Village Mall near downtown Calgary. Maritimes final was shown on the popular children's show "Switchback" which was produced by CBHT. Fastest cubists from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia participated.