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Competitions · Venezuela

Capital Cube 2017

Caracas · 25 February 2017 · 7 events · 40 competitors · 53 personal bests

José Miguel Lanz Mendoza won two of the seven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Franklin Ronquillo by 0.17 seconds. 40 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kevin Ruiz set the 3×3 average national record: 9.92.

Two wins
José Miguel Lanz Mendoza — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Franklin Ronquillo over Ricardo Alexander Bustamante Mercado
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kevin Ruiz9.6710.38
2×2Franklin Ronquillo2.943.87
4×4José Miguel Lanz Mendoza36.7643.76
5×5Elias Jesús Velásquez Lozano1:20.571:23.62
3×3 one-handedJosé Miguel Lanz Mendoza14.6916.95
ClockJurgens Filiaggi9.9412.76
PyraminxMiguel Vidal3.484.31

The PB harvest

53 set · 20 still standing

First-timers

Twelve 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 242 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. Kevin Ruiz won it with a 10.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.