I did good job on the course but some problems towards 4th - I lost my contact lense and also 50-55 secs in total. Then another 40secs miss to 5th control. I was not secure on the route to 7th and lost a few seconds in the circle. Sub-optimal route-choice to 16th (and the green below the powerline was further down which worsen the route). Maybe a sub-optimal route-choice to 17th as well. Generally happy with the race.

Good race except few bad choices - I lost 10 secs to 3rd control with a bad choice and then also bad micro-route choice right before the control. Then lost another 10 in the beginning to the long route-choice leg since I was not prepared and went out wrong until I saw all the options. Not perfect to 23rd as well since I had no clear view over the whole leg.

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Velikden Cup 2025 - the middle distance which was held on a newly mapped area around Fiseka, near Targovishte. We got a nice technical middle distance terrain with some rocky parts and stones and stony fields. I did a good race except a bigger mistake (about 1 minute to 27th) to second last control where I miss-matched a vegetation border and entered the control area from a wrong place. I did few other small misses (15secs to 15th and 20secs to 22nd controls, 10secs to 25th). I was fastest, 2:44 in front of Ivan Fomichev and 5:16 in front of 3rd place Teodor Yordanov.

A nice varied course. I did two major mistakes - towards 9 control where I did go way too much to the right into the green (1:20) and to 11 where I did not end up on the bridge and decided not to go through the water so had to go around (40 secs). Otherwise mainly good orienteering with some hesitations here and there.