Competitions · Costa Rica

Bekubes Open 2018

San Jose · 24 March 2018 · 10 events · 97 competitors · 187 personal bests

Drew Brads won six of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Drew Brads by 0.11 seconds. 97 competitors produced 187 personal bests, 81 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita set the Skewb single national record: 2.46.

Six wins

Drew Brads — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.11s

closest final — Skewb, Drew Brads over Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita

187

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Drew Brads	6.74	7.82
2×2	Drew Brads	1.80	2.49
4×4	Drew Brads	25.61	31.78
5×5	Drew Brads	53.80	1:05.68
3×3 blindfolded	Joel Hernández	2:23.64	—
3×3 one-handed	Jostin Alvarez	13.76	16.32
Megaminx	Andrey Lopez Rodríguez	55.94	1:00.08
Pyraminx	Drew Brads	1.87	3.06
Skewb	Drew Brads	2.99	3.68
Square-1	Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita	16.00	21.12

The PB harvest

187 set · 81 still standing

Dagne Poveda — Pyraminx single 2.38: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Kyle McDonald Trejos — Pyraminx single 2.68: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Jostin Alvarez — 3×3 single 7.95: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita — Skewb single 2.46: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Bryan Sales — Pyraminx single 2.72: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Jostin Alvarez — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Alejandro Hernández Arce — 3×3 single 8.60: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Sibaja Salazar — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

17 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 750 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. Drew Brads won it with a 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.