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Cebu Masters 2016

Consolacion, Cebu · 9 April 2016 · 7 events · 33 competitors · 28 personal bests

Mervin Villaceran won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Mervin Villaceran by 0.13 seconds. 33 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Leo Borromeo took a 3×3 single of 30.47 down to 9.76, 68 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Mervin Villaceran — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.13s
closest final — 4×4, Mervin Villaceran over Sherwin Colina
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mervin Villaceran10.4712.84
2×2Monica Beatriz Calvo2.716.49
4×4Mervin Villaceran49.2553.77
5×5Mervin Villaceran1:25.641:32.43
3×3 blindfoldedSherwin Colina2:38.40
3×3 one-handedRex Zaldy Aytona17.7821.60
PyraminxJose Polorhenzo Aquino4.517.48

The PB harvest

28 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

33 competitors · 145 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. Mervin Villaceran won it with a 12.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.