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Romanian Rubik Open 2017

Cluj-Napoca · 27 May 2017 · 12 events · 75 competitors · 102 personal bests

Martin Fronescu won seven of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Martin Fronescu by 0.16 seconds. 75 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bence Barát set the 6×6 single national record: 1:55.12.

Seven wins
Martin Fronescu — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.16s
closest final — Pyraminx, Martin Fronescu over Ilie Nagrineac
102
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Martin Fronescu8.459.84
2×2Martin Fronescu1.842.48
4×4Martin Fronescu38.2440.89
5×5Bence Barát1:02.461:05.05
6×6Bence Barát1:55.122:03.50
7×7Bence Barát2:49.262:53.47
3×3 blindfoldedBence Barát42.20—
3×3 one-handedMartin Fronescu14.0516.04
MegaminxMartin Fronescu1:02.031:09.35
PyraminxMartin Fronescu3.204.81
SkewbMartin Fronescu4.575.56
Square-1Bence Barát16.9118.68

The PB harvest

102 set · 26 still standing
  • Vlonga Adorian — 3×3 one-handed single 15.45: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Vlonga Adorian — 4×4 single 39.72: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
  • Balázs Burkhardt — 2×2 single 3.14: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Tiancheng Feng (冯天成) — 5×5 single 1:21.44: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Lucian Percă — 3×3 single 14.74: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
  • Istvan Peter Lorincz — 3×3 single 14.76: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
  • Adrian Crişan — 2×2 single 3.83: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
  • Balázs Burkhardt — Pyraminx single 6.85: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 510 results · 12 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. Martin Fronescu won it with a 9.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.