Competitions · Ecuador

Copa Soledad Baby Libros 2026

Quito · 9 May 2026 · 6 events · 52 competitors · 32 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Raúl Gómez by 0.45 seconds. 52 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 13 of 13 cubes · 52:29.

Two wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.45s

closest final — 2×2, Raúl Gómez over Sebastián Mateo España Chango

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.05	7.36
2×2	Raúl Gómez	2.34	3.08
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	8.22	10.29
Skewb	Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez	3.04	4.39
4×4 blindfolded	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	7:58.78	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	13 of 13 cubes · 52:29	—

The PB harvest

32 set · 27 still standing

Fabrizzio Alejandro Peñafiel Mena — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Sebastián Mateo España Chango — Skewb single 3.15: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Jean Carlos Echeverría Jácome — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Alex Loor — 3×3 single 10.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Matías José Morales López — Skewb single 3.86: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Santiago Lanchango — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 13 of 13 cubes · 52:29: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Sebastián Mateo España Chango — 3×3 one-handed single 18.33: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 183 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.