Competitions · Colombia

Bucaramanga 2023

Bucaramanga · 1 July 2023 · 7 events · 78 competitors · 71 personal bests

Manuel Popayán won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Manuel Popayán by 0.19 seconds. 78 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Hernandez took a 2×2 single of 5.53 down to 2.20, 60 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Manuel Popayán — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Manuel Popayán over Ramses Amaya

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Manuel Popayán	7.01	9.66
2×2	Ramses Amaya	2.59	3.65
4×4	Manuel Popayán	36.71	37.87
3×3 one-handed	Manuel Popayán	15.81	18.33
Clock	Diego Alejandro Casas Jimenez	9.68	10.59
Pyraminx	Ramses Amaya	3.00	4.19
Skewb	Didier Jaizird Ramirez Pinzon	5.68	7.41

The PB harvest

71 set · 19 still standing

Nicolas Ruales — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Thiago Arboleda Garcia — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Ethan Hernandez — 2×2 single 2.20: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Sahid Castillo Diaz — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Sahid Castillo Diaz — 3×3 single 12.48: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Sahid Castillo Diaz — 3×3 one-handed single 22.08: into the top 26.3% of the event's history.
Santiago David Cuestas Marin — 3×3 single 16.52: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.
Juan Diego Celis Ojeda — 3×3 single 18.04: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

78 competitors · 347 results · 7 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. Manuel Popayán won it with a 9.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.