Competitions · Colombia

Caribe Plaza Cubing 2023

Cartagena, Bolivar · 8 July 2023 · 5 events · 48 competitors · 38 personal bests

Jose Carlos García Vélez won three of the five events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lorenzo Gonzalez by 0.47 seconds. 48 competitors produced 38 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sebastian Mauricio Lopez Naranjo took a 3×3 single of 33.91 down to 16.30, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Jose Carlos García Vélez — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.47s

closest final — 3×3, Lorenzo Gonzalez over Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lorenzo Gonzalez	8.25	8.82
2×2	Jose Carlos García Vélez	2.49	2.84
4×4	Jose Carlos García Vélez	30.02	30.97
3×3 one-handed	Jose Carlos García Vélez	15.09	16.96
Pyraminx	Juan Emmanuel Rodelo Orozco	3.41	5.29

The PB harvest

38 set · 15 still standing

Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Henrique Quintas Gentile — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Richard Alejandro Sánchez Andueza — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Heider Suarez — 3×3 one-handed single 18.00: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Heider Suarez — 4×4 single 42.62: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Sebastian Mauricio Lopez Naranjo — 3×3 single 16.30: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
Diego Andrés Bravo Cabeza — 3×3 single 16.31: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
Juan Andrés Torres Mendoza — 4×4 single 56.25: into the top 32.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

48 competitors · 186 results · 5 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. Lorenzo Gonzalez won it with a 8.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.