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2nd Negros Speedcubing Open 2017

Bacolod City, Negros Occidental · 10 June 2017 · 8 events · 33 competitors · 39 personal bests

Jay Benedict Alfaras won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ace Djun T. Aguirre Jr. by 0.07 seconds. 33 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jasper Lee Marbella set the Skewb single national record: 2.78.

Three wins
Jay Benedict Alfaras — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.07s
closest final — Pyraminx, Ace Djun T. Aguirre Jr. over John Brix Acero
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jay Benedict Alfaras10.0710.61
2×2Ace Djun T. Aguirre Jr.4.184.33
4×4Jay Benedict Alfaras33.1037.13
5×5Jay Benedict Alfaras1:07.571:09.79
3×3 blindfoldedJohn Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀)59.73
3×3 one-handedJedrick Remonde18.0321.90
PyraminxAce Djun T. Aguirre Jr.4.455.38
SkewbJasper Lee Marbella2.786.20

The PB harvest

39 set · 7 still standing
  • Jasper Lee Marbella — Pyraminx single 2.88: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • AJ Casugod — Pyraminx single 3.20: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Josiah Claro — 3×3 single 12.99: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Josiah Claro — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
  • Buddy G. Dugay IV — 3×3 one-handed single 21.66: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
  • Josiah Claro — 4×4 single 55.66: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.
  • Jennifer Remonde — 3×3 single 46.51: into the top 83.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

33 competitors · 228 results · 8 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. Jay Benedict Alfaras won it with a 10.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.