Competitions · Moldova

Moldova Open 2020

Chişinău · 11 January 2020 · 7 events · 66 competitors · 43 personal bests

Ivan Bogdan won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Adam Chodyniecki by 0.28 seconds. 66 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Vlad Ciobanu set the 3×3 single national record: 8.40.

Three wins

Ivan Bogdan — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.28s

closest final — Skewb, Adam Chodyniecki over Mihail Stoicescu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivan Bogdan	7.96	8.79
2×2	Ivan Bogdan	2.78	3.11
4×4	Ivan Bogdan	35.63	39.11
5×5	Sébastien Auroux	1:21.81	1:28.90
3×3 blindfolded	Modest Podzolkin	1:27.32	1:53.69
Pyraminx	Adam Chodyniecki	3.67	4.94
Skewb	Adam Chodyniecki	3.33	5.03

The PB harvest

43 set · 25 still standing

Gennady Iliin — 3×3 single 11.55: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Viktor Shmakov (Віктор Шмаков) — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Nicolae Pojar — 3×3 single 11.92: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Costea Livadari — Pyraminx single 5.24: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Ivan Coțiubinschii — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Illia Bykov (Ілля Биков) — 3×3 single 12.29: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Ivan Coțiubinschii — 3×3 single 13.56: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Mihai Vrabi — 3×3 single 14.29: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 341 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. Ivan Bogdan won it with a 8.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.