Competitions · Mexico

Argentum Open 2016

Fresnillo · 9 April 2016 · 10 events · 50 competitors · 83 personal bests

Stephano Saucedo Reyes won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Victor Rafael Ortiz Villaseñor by 0.38 seconds. 50 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Victor Rafael Ortiz Villaseñor set the Megaminx single national record: 52.28.

Four wins

Stephano Saucedo Reyes — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 with feet

0.38s

closest final — 2×2, Victor Rafael Ortiz Villaseñor over Daniel Guardado Cabral

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Stephano Saucedo Reyes	9.94	11.35
2×2	Victor Rafael Ortiz Villaseñor	3.08	3.55
4×4	Stephano Saucedo Reyes	47.54	48.78
5×5	Stephano Saucedo Reyes	1:16.29	1:24.71
3×3 one-handed	Manuel Alejandro Roman Salgado	18.41	21.17
Megaminx	Victor Rafael Ortiz Villaseñor	52.28	53.99
Pyraminx	Daniel Guardado Cabral	3.38	4.37
Skewb	Daniel Guardado Cabral	3.50	4.88
Square-1	Daniel Guardado Cabral	18.61	26.95
3×3 with feet	Stephano Saucedo Reyes	50.90	1:01.59

The PB harvest

83 set · 23 still standing

Manuel Alejandro Roman Salgado — Skewb single 2.86: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Víctor Manuel Zapién Luna — Skewb single 3.91: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Daniel Arroyo Carrillo — 2×2 single 2.84: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Oscar Fernando Hernandez Reyes — 3×3 one-handed single 18.23: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Saúl Alfonso Gámez Castillo — 3×3 with feet single 1:05.52: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
Víctor Manuel Zapién Luna — 4×4 single 49.04: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
Oscar Fernando Hernandez Reyes — 4×4 single 50.58: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.
Carlos Ortega Palacios — 2×2 single 3.96: into the top 26.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 415 results · 10 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. Stephano Saucedo Reyes won it with a 11.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.