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Bucharest Cubing Days 2021

Bucharest · 24 July 2021 · 10 events · 24 competitors · 47 personal bests

Martin Fronescu won four of the ten events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Martin Fronescu by 0.11 seconds. 24 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

János Bereczki set the 6×6 single national record: 1:21.28.

Four wins
Martin Fronescu — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.11s
closest final — 2×2, Martin Fronescu over János Bereczki
47
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Haluk Ulkusal6.137.23
2×2Martin Fronescu1.472.52
4×4János Bereczki23.7629.02
5×5János Bereczki48.2750.20
6×6János Bereczki1:21.281:23.77
7×7János Bereczki2:06.192:08.71
3×3 one-handedMartin Fronescu11.0412.50
MegaminxMartin Fronescu50.4954.04
PyraminxMartin Fronescu2.513.75
SkewbMihail Stoicescu3.875.06

The PB harvest

47 set · 9 still standing
  • David Petru Ciubuc — 3×3 single 7.99: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Esra Mehmedova — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Alexandru Dima — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Mara Oprea — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Esra Mehmedova — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Mara Oprea — 2×2 single 3.94: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
  • David Petru Ciubuc — 6×6 single 2:37.69: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.
  • Mara Oprea — 5×5 single 1:37.42: into the top 33.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

24 competitors · 234 results · 10 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 7.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.