Competitions · Bulgaria

Sofia Summer 2026

Sofia · 6 June 2026 · 9 events · 93 competitors · 120 personal bests

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev won three of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ivaylo Rangelov Kirilov by 0.02 seconds. 93 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 116 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev set the 4×4 single national record: 24.87.

Three wins

Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Ivaylo Rangelov Kirilov over Jensen Belen-Brown

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Tenev	5.99	7.49
2×2	Ivaylo Rangelov Kirilov	1.64	2.30
4×4	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	25.22	29.14
5×5	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	50.86	53.29
6×6	Ivaylo Ivaylov Vichev	1:32.17	1:35.52
3×3 one-handed	Alexander Tenev	10.39	12.45
Clock	Dimitris Papazoglou	5.58	6.89
Pyraminx	Aleksandar Dimitrov	1.86	2.14
Skewb	Jensen Belen-Brown	3.15	3.62

The PB harvest

120 set · 116 still standing

Ilian Bashev — 3×3 single 5.93: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
Alexander Tenev — 3×3 single 5.99: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
Dimitris Papazoglou — Clock single 4.10: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Nikola Stanislavov Peichev — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Alexander Tenev — Pyraminx single 3.05: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Nikolay Todorov — Pyraminx single 3.05: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Andrey Stefanov — 3×3 single 8.87: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Alexander Tenev — Skewb single 2.92: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 591 results · 9 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. Alexander Tenev won it with a 7.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.