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Bulgarian Open 2018

Sofia · 10 February 2018 · 7 events · 93 competitors · 30 personal bests

Ting Sheng Bao Yang won two of the seven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lir Ukaj by 0.09 seconds. 93 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and 69 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aleksandar Arsovski set the 3×3 single national record: 16.36.

Two wins
Ting Sheng Bao Yang — 4×4, 5×5
0.09s
closest final — 2×2, Lir Ukaj over Pablo Nicolás Oshiro Mondoñedo
30
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ivaylo Tanev9.8611.23
2×2Lir Ukaj3.144.12
4×4Ting Sheng Bao Yang41.0444.33
5×5Ting Sheng Bao Yang1:15.531:21.52
3×3 blindfoldedMircea Simionica1:26.04—
PyraminxAli Rıza Kulaksız4.085.38
SkewbMihai Căpăţinescu6.719.04

The PB harvest

30 set · 3 still standing
  • Kristyan Yochev — Pyraminx single 6.48: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
  • Plamen Mahladzhanov — Pyraminx single 8.35: into the top 39.2% of the event's history.
  • Kristyan Yochev — 4×4 single 1:11.07: into the top 47.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

69 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 325 results · 7 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. Ivaylo Tanev won it with a 11.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.