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Cebu Summer Open 2023

Cebu City, Cebu · 13 May 2023 · 9 events · 71 competitors · 82 personal bests

Jose Polorhenzo Aquino won three of the nine events (2×2, Megaminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jose Polorhenzo Aquino by 0.22 seconds. 71 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Leo Borromeo set the 4×4 single national record: 20.60.

Three wins
Jose Polorhenzo Aquino — 2×2, Megaminx, Skewb
0.22s
closest final — 2×2, Jose Polorhenzo Aquino over Yuji Yoshida
82
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Leo Borromeo5.196.28
2×2Jose Polorhenzo Aquino1.742.81
4×4Leo Borromeo20.6023.55
5×5Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc48.3553.00
3×3 one-handedSean Patrick Villanueva9.0010.96
ClockKristian Gil Caragan7.207.56
MegaminxJose Polorhenzo Aquino47.4850.47
PyraminxMars Daniel Kudemus2.383.43
SkewbJose Polorhenzo Aquino3.644.15

The PB harvest

82 set · 17 still standing
  • Kenneth Mathew F. Halago — 3×3 one-handed single 12.88: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Alyssa Belle Yu — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Alyssa Belle Yu — Megaminx single 54.86: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Kelly Tacatani — 3×3 single 12.41: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Janahvelle Codilla Caracas — Skewb single 4.79: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
  • Edbert Cabras — 3×3 single 14.96: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
  • Kelly Tacatani — 3×3 one-handed single 22.09: into the top 26.3% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Retutal — 5×5 single 1:41.30: into the top 36.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 354 results · 9 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 6.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.