Competitions · Bulgaria

Sofia Spring 2019

Sofia · 16 March 2019 · 6 events · 104 competitors · 111 personal bests

Clément Cherblanc won three of the six events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev by 0.18 seconds. 104 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lir Ukaj set the 3×3 single national record: 7.59.

Three wins

Clément Cherblanc — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.18s

closest final — 3×3, Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev over Lir Ukaj

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	9.56	10.30
2×2	Clément Cherblanc	2.56	2.80
4×4	Lir Ukaj	37.97	39.68
3×3 one-handed	Clément Cherblanc	16.00	17.81
Pyraminx	Clément Cherblanc	4.35	4.94
Skewb	Kristina Kostova	4.96	5.09

The PB harvest

111 set · 41 still standing

Ilie-Laurenţiu Soare — 4×4 single 39.93: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Rosen Emilov Tsogev — 2×2 single 3.07: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Viktor Ivelinov Kostadinov — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Valentina Ivanova Ivanova — Pyraminx single 5.73: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Petar Petrov Konstantinov — 2×2 single 3.33: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Alexandar Dimitrov — 2×2 single 3.40: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
Viktor Velkov — Skewb single 5.15: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Vladislav Dimitrov — 2×2 single 3.49: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

104 competitors · 479 results · 6 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 Ivaylov Vichev won it with a 10.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 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.