Competitions · Bolivia

Christmas Cube 2017

Cochabamba · 16 December 2017 · 12 events · 53 competitors · 66 personal bests

Rodrigo Paz Vaca won four of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Rodrigo Ugarte by 0.04 seconds. 53 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rodrigo Ugarte set the 6×6 single national record: 2:15.49.

Four wins

Rodrigo Paz Vaca — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.04s

closest final — 4×4, Rodrigo Ugarte over Rodrigo Paz Vaca

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	7.55	8.59
2×2	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	2.54	2.62
4×4	Rodrigo Ugarte	34.39	40.61
5×5	Rodrigo Ugarte	1:16.83	1:21.12
6×6	Rodrigo Ugarte	2:15.49	2:24.49
7×7	Daniel Delgado Candia	3:35.77	3:39.10
3×3 blindfolded	Juan Marcelo Leon Copali	2:09.59	—
3×3 one-handed	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	13.92	17.03
Megaminx	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	1:01.19	1:04.84
Pyraminx	Rodrigo Ugarte	3.42	4.62
Skewb	Moisés Marco Quispe Arellano	4.25	4.52
Square-1	Claudio Andre Gomez Villca	18.82	29.04

The PB harvest

66 set · 20 still standing

Jose Erick Jesus Gutierrez — 3×3 single 11.72: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Jorge Luis Villarroel Angulo — 3×3 single 13.71: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Luis Julio Uscamayta Rodriguez — 3×3 single 13.89: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
Álvaro Ardaya Poveda — 5×5 single 1:23.19: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Iver Bascope — Square-1 single 17.82: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
Kevin Edu Zarate Challapa — 3×3 one-handed single 21.12: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
Nicolás Armando Alba Murillo — 2×2 single 4.02: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
Arley Zárate Challapa — Skewb single 6.36: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 363 results · 12 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. Rodrigo Paz Vaca won it with a 8.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.