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Bucharest Cubing B 2023

Bucuresti · 18 June 2023 · 5 events · 50 competitors · 61 personal bests

Andrei-Traian Răduț won the 3×3 with a 9.60 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tudor Sandu by 0.41 seconds. 50 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Stefan Bonchev took a Pyraminx single of 41.28 down to 8.56, 79 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.41s
closest final — 2×2, Tudor Sandu over Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev
61
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Andrei-Traian Răduț9.139.60
2×2Tudor Sandu2.863.04
3×3 one-handedKaloyan Vladimirov Kalev17.9822.67
PyraminxRobert Mihai Martius3.994.84
SkewbVelin Krasimirov Kozhuharov5.385.88

The PB harvest

61 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

17 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

50 competitors · 291 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. Andrei-Traian Răduț won it with a 9.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.