Competitions · Bulgaria

Sofia Open 2025

Sofia · 29 March 2025 · 10 events · 87 competitors · 108 personal bests

Mihnea Andrei Panţu won five of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ilian Bashev by 0.04 seconds. 87 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aleksandar Dimitrov set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.98.

Five wins

Mihnea Andrei Panţu — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Ilian Bashev over Ivaylo Rangelov Kirilov

108

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivaylo Tanev	6.96	7.60
2×2	Ilian Bashev	1.70	2.29
4×4	Mihnea Andrei Panţu	27.15	29.45
5×5	Mihnea Andrei Panţu	59.44	1:03.23
6×6	Mihnea Andrei Panţu	2:01.17	2:02.89
7×7	Mihnea Andrei Panţu	2:59.25	3:06.52
3×3 one-handed	Mihnea Andrei Panţu	13.00	14.22
Clock	Anais Isabelle Necula	4.99	5.35
Pyraminx	Aleksandar Dimitrov	1.98	3.87
Skewb	Kristina Kostova	4.05	4.91

The PB harvest

108 set · 44 still standing

Petar Petrov Konstantinov — 4×4 single 31.96: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Scott — 3×3 single 8.85: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Ognian Baruh — 3×3 single 8.86: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev — 3×3 one-handed single 14.14: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Plamen Rupchev — 3×3 single 10.28: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Gabriel Arangelov — Skewb single 3.71: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Kristian Atanasov — 2×2 single 2.63: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Ivan Mitev — 4×4 single 42.36: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

87 competitors · 595 results · 10 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 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.