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Competitions · Colombia

Cartagena Open 2019

Cartagena, Bolivar · 12 October 2019 · 7 events · 23 competitors · 22 personal bests

Jose Carlos García Vélez won four of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jose Carlos García Vélez by 0.15 seconds. 23 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Quifer Von Pardo took a Square-1 single of 47.02 down to 31.16, 34 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Jose Carlos García Vélez — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1
0.15s
closest final — 3×3, Jose Carlos García Vélez over Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra
22
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jose Carlos García Vélez7.8610.13
2×2Hugo Javier Yabrudy Mercado3.574.36
4×4Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra35.1639.14
3×3 one-handedJose Carlos García Vélez14.3217.56
MegaminxJose Carlos García Vélez55.731:02.69
PyraminxHugo Javier Yabrudy Mercado5.015.85
Square-1Jose Carlos García Vélez11.4214.95

The PB harvest

22 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

23 competitors · 136 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. Jose Carlos García Vélez won it with a 10.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

23 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.