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Sofia Spring 2024

Sofia · 16 March 2024 · 11 events · 86 competitors · 142 personal bests

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev won four of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Kamen Kolev by 0.14 seconds. 86 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev set the 3×3 single national record: 6.36.

Four wins
Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7
0.14s
closest final — Skewb, Kamen Kolev over Kristina Kostova
142
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev7.527.97
2×2Ilian Bashev2.423.22
4×4Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev33.2635.24
5×5Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev1:00.961:05.76
6×6Kaloyan Galabinov2:03.962:10.13
7×7Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev3:01.343:08.41
3×3 blindfoldedKonstantin Jaehne44.15
3×3 one-handedAlexander Tenev11.5012.79
PyraminxAleksandar Dimitrov2.313.62
SkewbKamen Kolev2.474.75
Square-1Alexander Tenev13.8914.73

The PB harvest

142 set · 42 still standing

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 662 results · 11 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 7.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.