Competitions · Philippines

Cube Ala-Eh IV 2019

Lipa City · 13 January 2019 · 8 events · 59 competitors · 81 personal bests

Nathaniel Ortega won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nathaniel Ortega by 0.41 seconds. 59 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ayooluwa Samuel Dada set the Skewb single national record: 10.43.

Four wins

Nathaniel Ortega — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.41s

closest final — 3×3, Nathaniel Ortega over Brenton Angelo Lo Wong

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nathaniel Ortega	7.27	7.81
2×2	Brenton Angelo Lo Wong	1.47	2.40
4×4	Nathaniel Ortega	32.48	35.13
5×5	Nathaniel Ortega	56.70	1:10.40
3×3 one-handed	Nathaniel Ortega	11.94	13.64
Megaminx	Don Angelo Joson	52.35	55.18
Pyraminx	Jansen Alvarez	3.29	4.44
Skewb	Ivan Keith Cariaga	3.92	5.83

The PB harvest

81 set · 39 still standing

Jan Martin Villostas — 2×2 single 1.81: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Nathaniel Ortega — 5×5 single 56.70: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Leemar Bonite — 3×3 single 9.37: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Rodson Lingad — 4×4 single 34.90: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Leemar Bonite — 3×3 one-handed single 14.52: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Francis de Torres — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Nikko Gammad — 3×3 one-handed single 15.05: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Mark Anthony V. Balakit — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 335 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. Nathaniel Ortega won it with a 7.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.