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Romanian National Championship 2025

Bucuresti · 21 August 2025 · 17 events · 69 competitors · 150 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won seven of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Christofor Gabriel Costea by 0.03 seconds. 69 competitors produced 150 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ianis Costin Chele set the 3×3 average national record: 5.33.

Seven wins
Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Christofor Gabriel Costea over Ianis Costin Chele
150
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele4.725.33
2×2Christofor Gabriel Costea1.421.83
4×4Ianis Costin Chele26.4429.12
5×5Ianis Costin Chele49.0652.45
6×6Ianis Costin Chele1:46.801:51.30
7×7Radu Andrei Andrieș2:51.153:03.00
3×3 blindfoldedAlex Chisăliță-Ignat30.10—
3×3 Fewest MovesChiara Marcucci28 moves29.33
3×3 one-handedIanis Costin Chele8.2510.11
ClockAnders Barhaugen3.084.10
MegaminxIanis Costin Chele32.4737.25
PyraminxIanis Costin Chele1.712.04
SkewbDavid-Mihail Ion3.244.46
Square-1Martin Fronescu9.6211.08
4×4 blindfoldedGabriele Bacchieri6:00.61—
5×5 blindfoldedAlexandru Ignat20:22.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindAlexandru Ignat9 of 10 cubes · 59:22—

The PB harvest

150 set · 70 still standing
  • Tudor Petru Stoica — Pyraminx single 1.90: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
  • David-Mihail Ion — Clock single 3.51: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Petre Emilian — Pyraminx single 2.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Pavel Aldea — 3×3 single 7.93: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Alexandru Florin Rotaru — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Serban Stelian — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 27 moves: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Oana-Simona Vrabie — Pyraminx single 4.24: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Mihail Stoicescu — Clock single 7.06: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 747 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 5.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.