Competitions · Bulgaria

Sofia Open 2018

Sofia · 12 May 2018 · 7 events · 85 competitors · 74 personal bests

Kévin Cagnon won two of the seven events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Borislav Marchovski by 0.83 seconds. 85 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gjorgji Cheshmedjievski set the Pyraminx single national record: 9.96.

Two wins

Kévin Cagnon — 2×2, 4×4

0.83s

closest final — Clock, Borislav Marchovski over Mihai Căpăţinescu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivaylo Tanev	7.37	8.49
2×2	Kévin Cagnon	2.01	2.68
4×4	Kévin Cagnon	31.21	37.25
3×3 one-handed	Petar Petrov Konstantinov	20.80	23.32
Clock	Borislav Marchovski	14.31	16.03
Pyraminx	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	6.19	8.46
Skewb	Karlos Ngyuen	4.34	5.85

The PB harvest

74 set · 19 still standing

Kévin Cagnon — 4×4 single 31.21: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Nikolai Nalbantov — 3×3 single 17.23: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.
Ali Rıza Kulaksız — 3×3 single 17.61: into the top 32.9% of the event's history.
Samuil Dimitrov Danchev — 3×3 single 18.38: into the top 35.3% of the event's history.
Mario Velikov Mitonchev — 3×3 single 20.14: into the top 40.3% of the event's history.
George Hristev — 3×3 single 20.23: into the top 40.6% of the event's history.
Konstantin Stefanov Hristov — 3×3 single 21.19: into the top 43.2% of the event's history.
Vladislav Dimitrov — Skewb single 8.27: into the top 43.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

85 competitors · 315 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. Ivaylo Tanev won it with a 8.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.