Competitions · Colombia
Cartagena Open 2025
Cartagena, Bolivar · 22 March 2025 · 6 events · 20 competitors · 16 personal bests
Jose Carlos García Vélez won four of the six events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra by 0.27 seconds. 20 competitors produced 16 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Juan Manuel Velez Mestra took a 2×2 single of 7.87 down to 4.60, 42 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra | 8.97 | 10.18 |
| 2×2 | Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra | 3.97 | 4.24 |
| 4×4 | Jose Carlos García Vélez | 26.68 | 29.43 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Jose Carlos García Vélez | 13.73 | 15.78 |
| Clock | Jose Carlos García Vélez | 9.64 | 11.46 |
| Megaminx | Jose Carlos García Vélez | 39.53 | 44.75 |
The PB harvest
16 set · 10 still standing- Jose Carlos García Vélez — Megaminx single 39.53: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
- Juan Andres Ruiz Acosta — 3×3 single 9.67: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
- Carlos Daniel Pérez Alzate — 3×3 single 10.50: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
- Edied Rafael Echenique — 3×3 single 15.26: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
- Juan Manuel Velez Mestra — 2×2 single 4.60: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.
- Edied Rafael Echenique — 2×2 single 4.80: into the top 36.8% of the event's history.
- Juan Andres Ruiz Acosta — 4×4 single 1:03.51: into the top 40.1% of the event's history.
- Arlés Alberto Molinares Marrero — 3×3 single 20.66: into the top 41.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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
20 competitors · 97 results · 6 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. Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra won it with a 10.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D' L' B' R2 D2 F2 R2 F' L2 D2 U2 B' D2 R D2 L B L2 F - 2
U2 F' B2 R2 U L2 D' R F' B' R B2 R2 L D2 B2 L B2 L2 F2 - 3
B U2 B' D2 L2 B2 L2 B2 R2 F' R' B' F R2 B D L F' D' F' - 4
R2 D' F2 D' L2 D2 U B2 U' B L R2 B D2 R F2 R2 U L - 5
L2 B2 U' R2 U B2 U R2 U R' D2 B' R' U B2 R2 U R2 F
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
20 competitors- Alba María García Lázaro
- Alvaro Javier Gonzalez Vargas
- Ana Sofia Franco Rojas
- Arlés Alberto Molinares Marrero
- Carlos Daniel Pérez Alzate
- Diego Alexander Palencia Vargas
- Edied Rafael Echenique
- Gabriel Jose Torres Lopez
- Hugo Javier Yabrudy Mercado
- Isaac Marriaga
- Jose Carlos García Vélez
- José Leonardo Galvis Villalobos
- Juan Andres Ruiz Acosta
- Juan Manuel Velez Mestra
- Maximiliano Frend Morales
- Paulina Asela Fuentes
- Rey Danilo Florez
- Rey David Florez
- Santiago Barrios Castilla
- Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra
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.