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Bekubes Costa Rica 2017

San Jose · 9 September 2017 · 9 events · 89 competitors · 21 personal bests

Juan Pablo Huanqui won four of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jostin Alvarez by 0.31 seconds. 89 competitors produced 21 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and 76 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bryan Sales set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.74.

Four wins
Juan Pablo Huanqui — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.31s
closest final — 2×2, Jostin Alvarez over Kyle McDonald Trejos
21
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juan Pablo Huanqui7.709.70
2×2Jostin Alvarez2.773.61
4×4Juan Pablo Huanqui34.1039.60
3×3 blindfoldedGianfranco Huanqui21.20—
3×3 one-handedJuan Pablo Huanqui13.8015.67
MegaminxJuan Pablo Huanqui37.5040.84
PyraminxDagne Poveda4.985.14
SkewbDavid Calderón Arce4.415.46
4×4 blindfoldedEduardo José Poveda Rojas——

The PB harvest

21 set · 1 still standing
  • Devi Escobar Monge — 3×3 one-handed single 53.86: into the top 80.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

76 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

19 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 600 results · 9 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. Juan Pablo Huanqui won it with a 9.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.