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Charrua 2014

Montevideo · 6 December 2014 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 57 personal bests

Axel Lifschitz won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Bruno Lezama by 1.04 seconds. 70 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mateo Rodríguez set the 3×3 single national record: 13.13.

Two wins
Axel Lifschitz — 3×3, 2×2
1.04s
closest final — Skewb, Bruno Lezama over Nicolas Tinte
57
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Axel Lifschitz14.0814.78
2×2Axel Lifschitz2.524.46
4×4Nicolas Tinte49.3955.91
3×3 blindfoldedCarlos Pedro Casado de Achával3:05.74—
3×3 one-handedMateo Rodríguez26.0334.88
SkewbBruno Lezama10.8413.01

The PB harvest

57 set · 33 still standing
  • Axel Lifschitz — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Mauro Centurion — 2×2 single 4.68: into the top 35.2% of the event's history.
  • German Placeres — 2×2 single 4.74: into the top 36.0% of the event's history.
  • German Placeres — 3×3 single 18.72: into the top 36.3% of the event's history.
  • Mateo Appa — 2×2 single 5.15: into the top 41.2% of the event's history.
  • Sebastian Araujo — 2×2 single 5.31: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.
  • Sebastian Araujo — 3×3 single 22.33: into the top 46.3% of the event's history.
  • Santiago Gonzalez — 3×3 single 24.66: into the top 51.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 191 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. Axel Lifschitz won it with a 14.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.