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Altavista Open 2024

Montevideo · 3 February 2024 · 9 events · 40 competitors · 50 personal bests

Manuel Malvárez won three of the nine events (3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Manuel Malvárez by 0.05 seconds. 40 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mateo de León set the Clock average continental record: 4.69.

Three wins
Manuel Malvárez — 3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1
0.05s
closest final — Skewb, Manuel Malvárez over Mateo de León
50
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Octavio Arocena8.409.83
2×2Santiago Cabral2.593.30
4×4Octavio Arocena29.5333.49
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Benato2:12.59
3×3 one-handedManuel Malvárez10.8615.35
ClockSantiago Cabral3.795.46
PyraminxSebastiano Benato1.902.60
SkewbManuel Malvárez3.045.12
Square-1Manuel Malvárez14.6520.62

The PB harvest

50 set · 26 still standing
  • Franco Rivero — 3×3 single 10.20: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Mateo de León — Skewb single 3.60: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Luca Fontana — 3×3 single 11.24: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
  • Ernesto Cabrera — Clock single 7.50: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Juan Diego Alonso — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Luca Fontana — Clock single 8.58: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Juan Pablo Chans — Pyraminx single 6.13: into the top 21.0% of the event's history.
  • Carlos Sotillo — 3×3 single 15.13: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

40 competitors · 202 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. Octavio Arocena won it with a 9.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.