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Competitions · Romania

Bucharest Cubing June 2024

Bucuresti · 22 June 2024 · 6 events · 40 competitors · 49 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won five of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Mihnea Andrei Panţu by 0.32 seconds. 40 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Andrei Ciupac set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 14.38.

Five wins
Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
0.32s
closest final — 4×4, Mihnea Andrei Panţu over Ianis Costin Chele
49
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele5.236.58
2×2Ianis Costin Chele1.111.50
4×4Mihnea Andrei Panţu27.4031.58
5×5Ianis Costin Chele56.0959.36
3×3 one-handedIanis Costin Chele8.239.96
PyraminxIanis Costin Chele1.753.31

The PB harvest

49 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 336 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 6.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.