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Botosani Cubing 2023

Botosani · 5 August 2023 · 5 events · 34 competitors · 34 personal bests

Mihai Savin won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Tudor-Ștefan Cioinac by 0.21 seconds. 34 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Olinic Ayaan took a 2×2 single of 29.75 down to 5.54, 81 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Mihai Savin — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.21s
closest final — Pyraminx, Tudor-Ștefan Cioinac over András Szigeti
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mihai Savin8.689.75
2×2Tudor Sandu2.023.06
4×4Alexandru Ignat46.8050.91
3×3 one-handedMihai Savin18.8422.54
PyraminxTudor-Ștefan Cioinac4.196.50

The PB harvest

34 set · 8 still standing
  • Mihai Savin — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Terchea David Cristian — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Tudor Sandu — 3×3 single 11.51: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Dragos Butnariu — 2×2 single 3.41: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Teodor Ghețu — 3×3 one-handed single 24.01: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.
  • Tudor-Ștefan Cioinac — 3×3 one-handed single 27.37: into the top 40.3% of the event's history.
  • Cristian Stroe — Pyraminx single 10.78: into the top 58.9% of the event's history.
  • Teodor Terchea — 3×3 single 34.34: into the top 69.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

34 competitors · 179 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. Mihai Savin won it with a 9.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.