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Competitions · Argentina

Buenos Aires Cubea 2022

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires · 19 November 2022 · 10 events · 111 competitors · 137 personal bests

Theo Goluboff won three of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Theo Goluboff by 0.23 seconds. 111 competitors produced 137 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Leandro Martín López set the Megaminx average world record: 28.56.

Three wins
Theo Goluboff — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Theo Goluboff over Matías Ponte
137
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Theo Goluboff5.417.06
2×2Theo Goluboff1.782.77
4×4Bautista Bonazzola25.1228.68
5×5Theo Goluboff43.3252.67
3×3 blindfoldedManuel Gutman20.62—
ClockGael Augusto Lapeyre5.026.08
MegaminxLeandro Martín López28.5529.25
PyraminxAniket Das2.042.56
SkewbFederico da Fonseca2.503.32
Square-1Felipe Maierowicz7.508.89

The PB harvest

137 set · 50 still standing
  • Federico da Fonseca — Megaminx single 37.45: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Axel Bazán — 3×3 single 6.87: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Theo Goluboff — Square-1 single 6.60: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Marcos Masini — 3×3 single 7.36: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Felipe Maierowicz — 3×3 single 7.40: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • María Julieta Diaz — 3×3 single 7.90: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Julian Schaffhauser — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Marcos Masini — Megaminx single 47.90: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 676 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. Theo Goluboff won it with a 7.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.