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Bucharest December Cubing 2024

Bucuresti · 15 December 2024 · 6 events · 35 competitors · 44 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ianis Costin Chele by 0.40 seconds. 35 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mark Tomescu took a 3×3 single of 27.60 down to 12.79, 54 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.40s
closest final — 2×2, Ianis Costin Chele over Christofor Gabriel Costea
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele5.376.89
2×2Ianis Costin Chele1.241.57
4×4Ianis Costin Chele27.4629.02
5×5Ianis Costin Chele53.901:01.19
6×6Mihnea Andrei Panţu1:51.512:00.31
7×7Mihnea Andrei Panţu2:59.723:05.59

The PB harvest

44 set · 19 still standing

First-timers

Five 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

35 competitors · 213 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 6.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

35 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.