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Timisoara Cube Days 2023

Timisoara · 2 June 2023 · 9 events · 68 competitors · 128 personal bests

Ianis Costin Chele won nine of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ianis Costin Chele by 0.28 seconds. 68 competitors produced 128 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ianis Costin Chele set the 3×3 single national record: 5.18.

Nine wins
Ianis Costin Chele — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.28s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ianis Costin Chele over Matej Marčok
128
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ianis Costin Chele6.397.23
2×2Ianis Costin Chele1.401.81
4×4Ianis Costin Chele30.0632.94
5×5Ianis Costin Chele58.601:03.39
3×3 one-handedIanis Costin Chele10.9612.34
ClockIanis Costin Chele5.737.27
MegaminxIanis Costin Chele39.0440.67
PyraminxIanis Costin Chele1.892.73
SkewbIanis Costin Chele3.514.01

The PB harvest

128 set · 26 still standing
  • Matei-Alexandru Ghencea — 4×4 single 37.76: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
  • Matei Marcu Mihai — Pyraminx single 4.78: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Şuhan Vlad-Andrei — Pyraminx single 5.22: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Dragos Gherasim — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Thibaut Mézières — Clock single 8.79: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Pop Andrei — 3×3 single 15.23: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
  • Mateescu Silvia — Skewb single 6.10: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
  • Alexandru Bonce — 3×3 single 15.83: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 575 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. Ianis Costin Chele won it with a 7.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.