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Bucharest Cubing September 2024

Bucuresti · 21 September 2024 · 6 events · 32 competitors · 34 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ianis Costin Chele by 0.02 seconds. 32 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Radu Ștefan took a 2×2 single of 4.56 down to 1.50, 67 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 2×2, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.02s
closest final — 3×3, Ianis Costin Chele over Mihail Stoicescu
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele5.748.40
2×2Ianis Costin Chele1.421.55
4×4Mihail Stoicescu32.6035.38
3×3 blindfoldedSerban Stelian50.89
MegaminxIanis Costin Chele38.2641.31
PyraminxIanis Costin Chele2.352.74

The PB harvest

34 set · 13 still standing
  • Serban Stelian — 2×2 single 0.83: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
  • Radu Ștefan — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Matei Corjos — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Filip Burducea — 3×3 single 12.00: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
  • Andrei-Traian Răduț — Pyraminx single 5.33: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Bogdan Petru Negru — 2×2 single 3.44: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
  • Tiu Matei — 2×2 single 4.32: into the top 30.6% of the event's history.
  • Rares Petru Georgescu — Megaminx single 1:48.19: into the top 39.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

32 competitors · 215 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 8.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.