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Competitions · Romania

U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019

Bucuresti · 9 March 2019 · 9 events · 56 competitors · 86 personal bests

Martin Fronescu won eight of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Massimiliano Iovane by 0.01 seconds. 56 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mihnea Andrei Panţu set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 11.13.

Eight wins
Martin Fronescu — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.01s
closest final — 4×4, Massimiliano Iovane over Martin Fronescu
86
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Martin Fronescu6.168.03
2×2Martin Fronescu2.382.80
4×4Massimiliano Iovane27.7233.47
5×5Martin Fronescu51.361:04.70
3×3 blindfoldedMartin Fronescu46.11
3×3 one-handedMartin Fronescu12.9114.43
MegaminxMartin Fronescu54.3758.32
PyraminxMartin Fronescu2.762.93
SkewbMartin Fronescu3.304.51

The PB harvest

86 set · 37 still standing

First-timers

17 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 469 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. Martin Fronescu won it with a 8.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.