Competitions · Colombia

Aves María 2023

Sabaneta, Antioquia. · 19 March 2023 · 10 events · 65 competitors · 74 personal bests

Michael Andres Castillo Lemus won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Manuel Popayán by 0.09 seconds. 65 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Juan David Carmona Vásquez set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 12.57.

Four wins

Michael Andres Castillo Lemus — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Manuel Popayán over José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Michael Andres Castillo Lemus	8.05	8.76
2×2	Manuel Popayán	2.91	3.32
4×4	Michael Andres Castillo Lemus	28.58	30.61
5×5	Michael Andres Castillo Lemus	55.96	1:01.36
3×3 blindfolded	Jefferson Durango	24.03	—
3×3 one-handed	Juan David Carmona Vásquez	11.55	12.57
Megaminx	Michael Andres Castillo Lemus	46.62	54.35
Pyraminx	Julián David Idárraga Restrepo	1.99	3.14
Skewb	Ale Restrepo	2.59	3.66
Square-1	Carlos Miguel Pérez	15.50	15.87

The PB harvest

74 set · 16 still standing

Jefferson Durango — 3×3 one-handed single 12.98: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Jefferson Durango — Megaminx single 52.41: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Stiven Ramirez Tobon — 3×3 single 10.65: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Efraín Cardona Cañaveral — Pyraminx single 5.46: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Stiven Ramirez Tobon — Square-1 single 15.65: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Anonymous — 3×3 single 13.67: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Efraín Cardona Cañaveral — 3×3 single 13.86: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Juan Diego Ramirez Campos — Pyraminx single 7.49: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

65 competitors · 447 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. Michael Andres Castillo Lemus won it with a 8.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

65 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.