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Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023

Bucuresti · 15 July 2023 · 5 events · 50 competitors · 70 personal bests

Mihnea Andrei Panţu won two of the five events (4×4, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Mihnea Andrei Panţu by 0.03 seconds. 50 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bondei Tudor-Matei took a 2×2 single of 13.02 down to 4.39, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Mihnea Andrei Panţu — 4×4, Skewb
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Mihnea Andrei Panţu over Martin Fronescu
70
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Serban Stelian7.047.59
2×2Christofor Gabriel Costea1.181.94
4×4Mihnea Andrei Panţu31.3133.94
PyraminxMartin Fronescu2.453.56
SkewbMihnea Andrei Panţu4.775.08

The PB harvest

70 set · 28 still standing

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

50 competitors · 262 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. Serban Stelian won it with a 7.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.