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Cebu Open 2017

Cebu City · 18 February 2017 · 10 events · 59 competitors · 93 personal bests

Jay Benedict Alfaras won two of the ten events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sean Karl Tyrese Aguilar by 0.18 seconds. 59 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jun Samuel Sarmiento Cubarol took a Skewb single of 20.52 down to 9.12, 56 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Jay Benedict Alfaras — 4×4, 5×5
0.18s
closest final — 2×2, Sean Karl Tyrese Aguilar over Raphael Christian Garcia
93
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Leo Borromeo7.839.47
2×2Sean Karl Tyrese Aguilar3.414.09
4×4Jay Benedict Alfaras32.8939.26
5×5Jay Benedict Alfaras1:09.921:16.76
3×3 blindfoldedJeric Bobo1:38.98—
3×3 one-handedRex Zaldy Aytona15.7822.50
MegaminxJohn Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀)1:01.001:07.02
PyraminxJose Polorhenzo Aquino4.606.44
SkewbJasper Lee Marbella3.445.81
Square-1Clint James Agustin17.2725.10

The PB harvest

93 set · 41 still standing
  • Rex Zaldy Aytona — 3×3 one-handed single 15.78: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Mervin Villaceran — 4×4 single 40.08: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • James Segundo — 3×3 single 12.92: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
  • Ecia Desierto — 3×3 single 13.75: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
  • Grant Rocima Sumido — 3×3 single 13.75: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
  • Rex Zaldy Aytona — 5×5 single 1:21.34: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Earvin Anthony Hao — 4×4 single 46.51: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Clint James Agustin — Square-1 single 17.27: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

59 competitors · 329 results · 10 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. Leo Borromeo won it with a 9.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.