Competitions · Romania

Romanian National Championship 2023

Bucuresti · 2 November 2023 · 17 events · 101 competitors · 203 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won six of the 17 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Matei-Alexandru Ghencea by 0.01 seconds. 101 competitors produced 203 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Martin Fronescu set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 26 moves.

Six wins

Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.01s

closest final — Clock, Matei-Alexandru Ghencea over Ianis Costin Chele

203

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ianis Costin Chele	5.14	6.48
2×2	Ianis Costin Chele	1.11	1.61
4×4	Mihnea Andrei Panţu	29.73	34.12
5×5	János Bereczki	43.25	46.78
6×6	János Bereczki	1:13.55	1:15.83
7×7	János Bereczki	2:00.74	2:03.28
3×3 blindfolded	Serban Stelian	47.96	53.13
3×3 Fewest Moves	Martin Fronescu	26 moves	29.67
3×3 one-handed	Ianis Costin Chele	9.45	11.05
Clock	Matei-Alexandru Ghencea	5.32	7.04
Megaminx	Ianis Costin Chele	32.94	39.20
Pyraminx	Ianis Costin Chele	1.53	2.54
Skewb	Ianis Costin Chele	2.93	4.29
Square-1	Martin Fronescu	8.84	11.46
4×4 blindfolded	Martin Fronescu	9:54.42	—
5×5 blindfolded	Alexandru Ignat	36:18.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Andrei Răzvan Ionel	5 of 5 cubes · 47:00	—

The PB harvest

203 set · 67 still standing

Mykola Kiyanov (Микола Киянов) — Pyraminx single 2.90: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Petru-Carol Tănase-Brăila — 3×3 single 8.41: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Martin Fronescu — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 26 moves: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Crisan Darius — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Matei Deliu — 3×3 single 10.71: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Vlad Andrei Bautu — 3×3 single 10.87: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Crisan Darius — Pyraminx single 4.67: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Alexandru Constantin Stoica — Skewb single 4.14: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

101 competitors · 914 results · 17 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. Ianis Costin Chele won it with a 6.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.