Competitions · Ecuador

Cotacachi Open 2023

Cotacachi · 3 November 2023 · 11 events · 50 competitors · 47 personal bests

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won seven of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Steven Daniel Dueñas Anisete by 0.32 seconds. 50 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Karina Abigail Gonzales Défaz took a 3×3 single of 43.96 down to 23.57, 46 percent better in one day.

Seven wins

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.32s

closest final — Skewb, Steven Daniel Dueñas Anisete over Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	9.28	10.98
2×2	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	2.08	2.48
4×4	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	33.65	37.49
5×5	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	1:16.03	1:18.92
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	1:02.15	—
3×3 one-handed	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	16.59	19.03
Clock	Jean Carlos Echeverría Jácome	15.23	16.31
Megaminx	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	50.35	55.29
Pyraminx	Ivan Alexander Bonilla Morales	4.23	4.89
Skewb	Steven Daniel Dueñas Anisete	4.71	6.92
Square-1	Steven Daniel Dueñas Anisete	17.28	22.36

The PB harvest

47 set · 10 still standing

Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez — 5×5 single 1:22.14: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Jhonatan Caicedo — 5×5 single 1:39.69: into the top 35.1% of the event's history.
Rafael Aldas — 3×3 single 21.71: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.
Karina Abigail Gonzales Défaz — 3×3 single 23.57: into the top 49.3% of the event's history.
Mateo Alejandro Yepez Cáceres — 3×3 single 24.98: into the top 52.6% of the event's history.
Josue Javier Moreno Contreras — Megaminx single 2:19.77: into the top 56.2% of the event's history.
Belén Tapia — 3×3 single 29.01: into the top 60.8% of the event's history.
Nicolas Alejandro Mena Gómez — 3×3 single 29.88: into the top 62.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

50 competitors · 231 results · 11 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 10.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.