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Bucharest November Cubing 2024

Bucuresti · 16 November 2024 · 5 events · 35 competitors · 33 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won five of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ianis Costin Chele by 0.17 seconds. 35 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alexandru Popa took a Pyraminx single of 26.28 down to 10.05, 62 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Ianis Costin Chele over Serban Stelian
33
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele6.047.77
2×2Ianis Costin Chele1.311.91
4×4Ianis Costin Chele29.2231.95
3×3 one-handedIanis Costin Chele9.0310.40
PyraminxIanis Costin Chele2.603.24

The PB harvest

33 set · 14 still standing
  • Sebastian Andrei Neacsu — 3×3 single 6.77: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Valentin Chifor — 3×3 one-handed single 13.97: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Scafa Razvan — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Dragut Dragan Mihai — Pyraminx single 5.93: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
  • Scafa Razvan — 3×3 single 14.42: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.
  • Radu Ștefan — 3×3 single 14.97: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
  • Scafa Razvan — 4×4 single 59.86: into the top 36.3% of the event's history.
  • Anghel Alexandru Silviu — 2×2 single 5.28: into the top 42.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three 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 · 217 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. Ianis Costin Chele won it with a 7.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.