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Cubing Chiriquí 2018

Chiriquí · 15 December 2018 · 8 events · 38 competitors · 49 personal bests

Andrey Lopez Rodríguez won three of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Luis Bosch by 0.44 seconds. 38 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Cesar Augusto Rodríguez Medina set the Skewb single national record: 4.23.

Three wins
Andrey Lopez Rodríguez — 2×2, 4×4, Megaminx
0.44s
closest final — 3×3, Luis Bosch over Miguel Ángel Hernández
49
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Luis Bosch9.8912.41
2×2Andrey Lopez Rodríguez2.823.92
4×4Andrey Lopez Rodríguez37.4441.33
5×5Miguel Ángel Hernández1:28.631:31.38
3×3 one-handedEduardo Caraquito16.3021.79
MegaminxAndrey Lopez Rodríguez52.0956.16
PyraminxEdwin Ramos4.676.18
SkewbBrandon Alejandro Carpio Garita2.753.57

The PB harvest

49 set · 16 still standing
  • Luis Bosch — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Eduardo Caraquito — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Eduardo Caraquito — 3×3 one-handed single 16.30: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Ramsés Lall Ramírez — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Luis Bosch — 4×4 single 41.31: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Luis Bosch — 3×3 one-handed single 18.97: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
  • Eduardo Caraquito — 2×2 single 4.21: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

38 competitors · 205 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. Luis Bosch won it with a 12.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

38 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.