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Competitions · Ecuador

Apol Open Guayaquil 2024

Guayaquil · 7 September 2024 · 7 events · 35 competitors · 39 personal bests

Caleb Salcedo Rivera won three of the seven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides by 0.02 seconds. 35 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Fernando Zevallos set the 2×2 single national record: 1.07.

Three wins
Caleb Salcedo Rivera — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.02s
closest final — 3×3, Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides over Caleb Salcedo Rivera
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides8.579.52
2×2Fernando Zevallos1.073.17
4×4Caleb Salcedo Rivera33.3037.86
3×3 one-handedCaleb Salcedo Rivera13.9714.80
MegaminxCaleb Salcedo Rivera49.3457.46
PyraminxAlejandro Francisco Jaramillo Fernandez3.234.02
SkewbFernando Zevallos7.539.96

The PB harvest

39 set · 20 still standing

First-timers

Twelve 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

35 competitors · 153 results · 7 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. Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides won it with a 9.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

35 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.