Competitions · Bulgaria

50 Years of Cubing Bulgaria 2024

Sofia · 11 May 2024 · 7 events · 73 competitors · 90 personal bests

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev by 1.23 seconds. 73 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev set the 3×3 single national record: 5.41.

Three wins

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

1.23s

closest final — 3×3, Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev over Ilian Bashev

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	6.90	7.78
2×2	Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev	1.87	2.19
4×4	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	27.86	32.43
5×5	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	57.07	1:01.89
3×3 blindfolded	Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev	2:42.59	—
3×3 one-handed	Alexander Tenev	9.80	15.54
Clock	Viktor Iankov	7.47	7.99

The PB harvest

90 set · 34 still standing

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev — 3×3 single 5.41: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
Ivaylo Tanev — 3×3 single 5.89: into the top 0.42% of the event's history.
Alexander Tenev — 3×3 one-handed single 9.80: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
George Enchev — 3×3 single 6.71: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
George Enchev — 5×5 single 1:01.10: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Todor Enikov — 3×3 single 10.40: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Milen Dobrinov Dobrinov — 3×3 one-handed single 15.50: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Kolev — 4×4 single 38.25: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 405 results · 7 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev won it with a 7.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1B2 L2 D U F2 U L2 R2 F D2 B D2 L R B2 L2 D' R' D2
2F' R' F U' B' U2 F2 L U' B' L2 F2 D2 L2 U2 L' F2 U2 R U
3B U2 F L2 B' L2 R2 B' F2 D F2 R' U' B R U2 B' U' F
4F2 L' B' D2 B R2 F R2 D2 B2 L B' R2 U' B D B2 F2 R2
5B D' F2 R2 B' L2 B' F' R2 D2 F' R' U F' U B' R' D2 B

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.