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Bucharest · 14 May 2022 · 5 events · 96 competitors · 41 personal bests

Haluk Ulkusal won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ianis Costin Chele by 0.28 seconds. 96 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ilie Nagrineac set the 3×3 single national record: 8.07.

Two wins

Haluk Ulkusal — 3×3, 4×4

0.28s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ianis Costin Chele over Martin Fronescu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Haluk Ulkusal	6.19	8.09
2×2	Ianis Costin Chele	1.74	2.27
4×4	Haluk Ulkusal	28.59	31.25
3×3 blindfolded	Martin Fronescu	1:11.22	1:36.38
Pyraminx	Ianis Costin Chele	2.18	2.78

The PB harvest

41 set · 17 still standing

Martin Fronescu — 3×3 single 5.64: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
Ilie Nagrineac — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ghene Alexandru Cristian — 3×3 single 9.40: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Vlad Matei Beu — 3×3 single 10.34: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Despescu Ionut Valentin — 4×4 single 39.63: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Ghene Alexandru Cristian — 4×4 single 40.85: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Despescu Ionut Valentin — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Bogdan Ionuț Micu — 3×3 single 12.07: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 365 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 8.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.