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Romanian Rubik Open 2016

Cluj-Napoca · 19 March 2016 · 9 events · 44 competitors · 47 personal bests

Bence Barát won eight of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Bence Barát by 0.69 seconds. 44 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Vasile Dan set the Megaminx single national record: 1:11.53.

Eight wins
Bence Barát — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1
0.69s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Bence Barát over Vlonga Adorian
47
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bence Barát9.2110.65
4×4Bence Barát38.7943.66
5×5Bence Barát1:06.031:10.06
6×6Bence Barát2:06.382:18.04
7×7Bence Barát2:55.963:04.42
3×3 blindfoldedAndrei Dăian47.401:02.10
3×3 one-handedBence Barát17.6922.06
MegaminxBence Barát1:11.231:20.57
Square-1Bence Barát27.0829.78

The PB harvest

47 set · 15 still standing
  • Andrei Dăian — 3×3 blindfolded single 29.31: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Vlonga Adorian — 3×3 single 10.08: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Andrei Dăian — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Felhazi Lorand — 3×3 single 12.97: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
  • Felhazi Lorand — 4×4 single 58.47: into the top 34.8% of the event's history.
  • Vlonga Adorian — Megaminx single 1:52.80: into the top 42.0% of the event's history.
  • Alexandru Maftei — 3×3 one-handed single 34.86: into the top 57.0% of the event's history.
  • Istvan Peter Lorincz — 4×4 single 1:34.09: into the top 66.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 261 results · 9 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. Bence Barát won it with a 10.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.