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Competitions · Bulgaria

Tarnovo End Of Summer 2024

Veliko Tarnovo · 21 September 2024 · 7 events · 34 competitors · 41 personal bests

Alexander Tenev won three of the seven events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev by 0.07 seconds. 34 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yoan Stefanov set the 2×2 single national record: 0.62.

Three wins
Alexander Tenev — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.07s
closest final — 4×4, Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev over Alexander Tenev
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Tenev8.509.19
2×2Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev1.562.53
4×4Kaloyan Vladimirov Kalev31.1638.48
5×5Alexander Tenev59.451:06.45
3×3 one-handedAlexander Tenev13.1513.35
PyraminxAleksandar Dimitrov3.744.48
SkewbKristina Kostova3.223.87

The PB harvest

41 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

Six 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

34 competitors · 230 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. Alexander Tenev won it with a 9.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.