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Competitions · Ecuador

APOL Open 2022

Guayaquil · 25 June 2022 · 7 events · 23 competitors · 15 personal bests

Dereck Estrada won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Dereck Estrada by 0.01 seconds. 23 competitors produced 15 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dereck Estrada set the 4×4 single national record: 32.04.

Four wins
Dereck Estrada — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.01s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Dereck Estrada over Caleb Salcedo Rivera
15
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dereck Estrada7.618.71
2×2Caleb Salcedo Rivera2.763.99
4×4Dereck Estrada32.0438.28
3×3 one-handedDereck Estrada16.6520.28
MegaminxDereck Estrada51.3359.98
PyraminxMateo Baruc Mero Benavides3.975.55
SkewbMoisés Ignacio Villena Mejía4.486.78

The PB harvest

15 set · 4 still standing

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

23 competitors · 105 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. Dereck Estrada won it with a 8.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

23 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.