Competitions · Ecuador

Ciudad Blanca Ibarra 2026

Ibarra · 5 September 2026 · 8 events · 41 competitors · 42 personal bests

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by María José Ortega Andrade by 0.14 seconds. 41 competitors produced 42 personal bests, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña set the 2×2 average national record: 1.87.

Five wins

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.14s

closest final — Pyraminx, María José Ortega Andrade over Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	7.88	8.81
2×2	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	1.47	1.98
4×4	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	33.85	34.72
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	50.10	1:22.15
3×3 one-handed	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	12.26	15.47
Clock	Pablo Sebastián Flores Peralta	4.94	6.63
Pyraminx	María José Ortega Andrade	3.83	5.52
Skewb	Juan David Lagos Botina	3.08	5.56

The PB harvest

42 set · 42 still standing

Santiago David Ulcuango Romero — 3×3 single 7.95: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — Pyraminx single 3.44: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Juan David Lagos Botina — Skewb single 3.08: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Juan David Lagos Botina — 3×3 single 9.70: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Alan Ismael Chandi Jara — 3×3 single 9.71: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Pablo Sebastián Flores Peralta — 4×4 single 35.07: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Santiago David Ulcuango Romero — 4×4 single 35.95: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Jean Carlos Echeverría Jácome — 3×3 single 10.47: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 199 results · 8 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. Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won it with a 8.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.