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Cubing Comicfest Armenia 2025

Armenia · 15 March 2025 · 13 events · 42 competitors · 54 personal bests

Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez won five of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Samuel German Giraldo Quintero by 0.01 seconds. 42 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Juan José Latorre Idrobo took a Skewb single of 10.68 down to 5.15, 52 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Samuel German Giraldo Quintero over Ricardo Zapata Cruz

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	David Rendón Martínez	9.21	9.59
2×2	Samuel German Giraldo Quintero	2.52	3.04
4×4	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	26.55	29.85
5×5	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	46.62	49.57
6×6	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	1:23.32	1:29.49
7×7	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	2:15.80	2:17.21
3×3 blindfolded	Samuel Martinez Sanchez	1:20.13	—
3×3 one-handed	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	11.81	12.66
Clock	Juan Pablo Erazo Mazuera	7.10	8.59
Megaminx	David Rendón Martínez	44.39	52.99
Pyraminx	Juan Pablo Erazo Mazuera	2.70	3.88
Skewb	David Rendón Martínez	2.57	2.80
Square-1	Ricardo Zapata Cruz	11.04	16.57

The PB harvest

54 set · 11 still standing

David Rendón Martínez — Megaminx single 44.39: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Samuel German Giraldo Quintero — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Daniel Coy Calderón — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Samuel Martinez Sanchez — 6×6 single 1:54.88: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Rafael Ricardo Gómez Algarra — 5×5 single 1:11.72: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Jorge Iván Toro Alzate — 2×2 single 3.23: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
Rafael Ricardo Gómez Algarra — 7×7 single 3:50.71: into the top 27.4% of the event's history.
Daniel Coy Calderón — 3×3 one-handed single 29.26: into the top 44.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

42 competitors · 376 results · 13 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. David Rendón Martínez won it with a 9.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.