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Beginner's SampaLuck 2024

City of Manila · 9 April 2024 · 5 events · 44 competitors · 40 personal bests

Sean Patrick Villanueva won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Nikolai Harvey Sy Zipagan by 0.05 seconds. 44 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arnelio Manaca Mola set the 2×2 single national record: 2.71.

Two wins
Sean Patrick Villanueva — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — Pyraminx, Nikolai Harvey Sy Zipagan over Jansen Alvarez
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sean Patrick Villanueva5.025.99
2×2Brenton Angelo Lo Wong1.532.35
4×4Brenton Angelo Lo Wong25.4927.16
3×3 one-handedSean Patrick Villanueva7.319.56
PyraminxNikolai Harvey Sy Zipagan2.283.18

The PB harvest

40 set · 14 still standing

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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 233 results · 5 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. Sean Patrick Villanueva won it with a 5.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.