The first world championship was the 1982 World Rubik's Cube Championship held in Budapest on 5 June 1982, which was won by Minh Thai, a Vietnamese student from Los Angeles, with a time of 22.95 seconds.
Det første verdensmesterskab afholdtes 5. juni 1982 i Budapest og blev vundet af Minh Thai, en vietnamesisk student fra Los Angeles i tiden 22,95 sekunder.