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Competitions · Romania

Bucharest Cubing January 2025

Bucuresti · 11 January 2025 · 5 events · 37 competitors · 24 personal bests

Twan Dullemond won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Twan Dullemond by 0.39 seconds. 37 competitors produced 24 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ianis Costin Chele set the 3×3 average national record: 6.16.

Three wins
Twan Dullemond — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.39s
closest final — 2×2, Twan Dullemond over Matei Florea
24
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Twan Dullemond5.526.28
2×2Twan Dullemond1.041.44
4×4Twan Dullemond21.9525.14
PyraminxIanis Costin Chele1.672.85
Square-1Ianis Costin Chele10.3311.97

The PB harvest

24 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

Seven 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 223 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. Twan Dullemond won it with a 6.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.