Competitions · Argentina

Casal Catalunya Baires Open 2019

City of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires · 3 May 2019 · 15 events · 68 competitors · 81 personal bests

Bautista Bonazzola won five of the 15 events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Theo Goluboff by 0.10 seconds. 68 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Manuel Gutman set the 3×3 blindfolded average continental record: 22.89.

Five wins

Bautista Bonazzola — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, 3×3 with feet

0.10s

closest final — Pyraminx, Theo Goluboff over Cesar Leandro Alvarado

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Theo Goluboff	7.73	9.07
2×2	Bautista Bonazzola	2.40	2.63
4×4	Bautista Bonazzola	31.46	34.33
5×5	Bautista Bonazzola	57.59	1:02.02
3×3 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	20.05	22.89
3×3 Fewest Moves	Guido Dipietro	27 moves	32.33
3×3 one-handed	Bautista Bonazzola	10.52	13.66
Clock	Theo Goluboff	8.47	9.34
Megaminx	Leandro Martín López	37.38	41.87
Pyraminx	Theo Goluboff	3.34	4.62
Square-1	Federico da Fonseca	11.43	16.00
4×4 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	4:45.92	6:13.97
5×5 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	7:21.74	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Manuel Gutman	15 of 15 cubes · 51:54	—
3×3 with feet	Bautista Bonazzola	48.13	58.19

The PB harvest

81 set · 29 still standing

Tomás Margulis — 3×3 single 11.69: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Nicolás Fiancoski — 3×3 single 11.88: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Theo Goluboff — 3×3 with feet single 1:04.98: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Lucas Santiago Bernhardt Caruncho — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:18.90: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Francisco Basualdo — 3×3 single 14.27: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Matías Cisterna Rocco — 4×4 single 52.27: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
José Andrés Zúñiga Pérez — 3×3 single 16.13: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.
Matías Cisterna Rocco — 3×3 one-handed single 23.29: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 395 results · 15 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 9.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.