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Bucharest Cubing December 2025

Bucuresti · 13 December 2025 · 6 events · 34 competitors · 31 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ianis Costin Chele by 0.81 seconds. 34 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Serban Stelian set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 29.25.

Three wins
Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.81s
closest final — 2×2, Ianis Costin Chele over Antto Pitkänen
31
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele5.716.63
2×2Ianis Costin Chele1.151.26
3×3 blindfoldedThodoris Iatrou28.1834.19
3×3 one-handedIanis Costin Chele8.319.05
4×4 blindfoldedThodoris Iatrou5:00.72
5×5 blindfoldedGabriele Bacchieri7:45.62

The PB harvest

31 set · 19 still standing
  • Thodoris Iatrou — 3×3 blindfolded single 28.18: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Bogdan Petru Negru — 3×3 single 10.15: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Filip Daniel Grigoroiu — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Gabriele Bacchieri — 5×5 blindfolded single 7:45.62: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Alexandru Ignat — 3×3 one-handed single 17.31: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Tuval Stone — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
  • Filip Domnescu — 3×3 single 12.84: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
  • Petar Žikić — 2×2 single 3.88: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

34 competitors · 223 results · 6 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. Ianis Costin Chele won it with a 6.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.