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Bucharest Open 2012

Bucharest · 14 January 2012 · 9 events · 45 competitors · 43 personal bests

Dániel Varga won six of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Dániel Varga by 0.44 seconds. 45 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nikolai Petrov set the 3×3 single national record: 15.56.

Six wins
Dániel Varga — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1, Magic
0.44s
closest final — Magic, Dániel Varga over Radu Făciu
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dániel Varga10.3811.90
2×2Dániel Varga3.525.06
4×4Cristian Antoniu Leana48.6951.36
3×3 Fewest MovesCristian Antoniu Leana40 moves
3×3 one-handedDániel Varga19.0222.33
PyraminxDániel Varga6.026.80
Square-1Dániel Varga24.7129.45
MagicDániel Varga1.271.65
Master MagicEndre Kovács2.833.02

The PB harvest

43 set · 20 still standing
  • Teodor Fodorean — 3×3 single 12.94: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Radu Făciu — 3×3 one-handed single 23.78: into the top 30.9% of the event's history.
  • Radu Făciu — Master Magic single 3.97: into the top 43.5% of the event's history.
  • Andrei Pîrvu — Square-1 single 27.55: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.
  • Iuliana Steluța Negură — 3×3 single 23.58: into the top 49.3% of the event's history.
  • Sorin Prunescu — 3×3 single 23.84: into the top 50.0% of the event's history.
  • Szabolcs-László Bordás — Pyraminx single 9.94: into the top 52.5% of the event's history.
  • Cătălin Aurelian Popa — 3×3 single 27.80: into the top 58.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 197 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

45 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.