Competitions · Bulgaria

Lovech Winter 2019

Lovech · 1 December 2019 · 6 events · 68 competitors · 50 personal bests

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev by 0.03 seconds. 68 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.92.

Four wins

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev over Vasilis Vasileris

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	7.42	8.53
2×2	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	2.63	3.09
4×4	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	29.48	33.70
Clock	Borislav Marchovski	11.68	12.79
Pyraminx	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	2.92	5.64
Skewb	Kristina Kostova	3.11	4.02

The PB harvest

50 set · 28 still standing

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev — Skewb single 2.41: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev — Pyraminx single 2.92: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
George Enchev — Pyraminx single 3.48: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Kristian Petkov — 3×3 single 10.11: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Yoan Pavlov Ivanov — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Esra Mehmedova — Pyraminx single 5.29: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Teodor Zlatanov — 3×3 single 12.49: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 317 results · 6 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 Ivaylov Vichev won it with a 8.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.