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Bucharest Rubik Summer 2014

Bucharest · 15 June 2014 · 5 events · 58 competitors · 75 personal bests

Martin Fronescu won two of the five events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Martin Fronescu by 0.01 seconds. 58 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Cristian Antoniu Leana set the 4×4 single national record: 42.78.

Two wins
Martin Fronescu — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Martin Fronescu over Ștefan Darius Iordache
75
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bogdan Tănăsescu9.3611.10
2×2Martin Fronescu2.063.49
4×4Cristian Antoniu Leana42.7848.59
3×3 blindfoldedȘtefan Darius Iordache2:46.40
3×3 one-handedMartin Fronescu16.7820.29

The PB harvest

75 set · 22 still standing

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 259 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. Bogdan Tănăsescu won it with a 11.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.