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Bacau Cubing Fall 2019

Bacau · 2 November 2019 · 5 events · 24 competitors · 18 personal bests

Haluk Ulkusal won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sorin Turculeț by 0.52 seconds. 24 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sorin Turculeț set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 42.17.

Two wins
Haluk Ulkusal — 3×3, 4×4
0.52s
closest final — 2×2, Sorin Turculeț over Haluk Ulkusal
18
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Haluk Ulkusal7.428.13
2×2Sorin Turculeț3.393.72
4×4Haluk Ulkusal34.7136.35
3×3 blindfoldedMara Oprea1:45.19
3×3 with feetSorin Turculeț42.1754.39

The PB harvest

18 set · 9 still standing
  • Sorin Turculeț — 3×3 with feet single 42.17: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Alecsa Rares — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • David Varvara — 4×4 single 50.42: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
  • Rares Mihaila — 3×3 single 15.94: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
  • Sorin Turculeț — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:55.53: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.
  • Rares Mihaila — 2×2 single 5.31: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.
  • Mara Oprea — 3×3 with feet single 1:50.81: into the top 44.2% of the event's history.
  • Adrian Militaru — 2×2 single 8.10: into the top 68.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

24 competitors · 111 results · 5 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. Haluk Ulkusal won it with a 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

24 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.