Competitions · Colombia

Cubing Comicfest Cali 2025

Cali, Valle del Cauca · 2 May 2025 · 17 events · 56 competitors · 75 personal bests

Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez won five of the 17 events (2×2, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Juan Pablo Erazo Mazuera by 0.01 seconds. 56 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez set the 5×5 blindfolded single national record: 5:29.83.

Five wins

Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez — 2×2, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Juan Pablo Erazo Mazuera over Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Juan Matias Solarte Villacis	8.70	9.59
2×2	Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez	2.09	2.89
4×4	Samuel Martinez Sanchez	29.24	35.16
5×5	Daniel Cano Salgado	1:02.10	1:03.79
6×6	Daniel Cano Salgado	2:04.65	2:11.41
7×7	Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez	3:01.24	3:05.12
3×3 blindfolded	Omar Arrocha	51.19	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez	27 moves	32.00
3×3 one-handed	Ricardo Zapata Cruz	13.91	15.84
Clock	Jerónimo Espinosa	4.99	7.53
Megaminx	Samuel Martinez Sanchez	48.54	54.22
Pyraminx	Juan Pablo Erazo Mazuera	3.65	4.65
Skewb	Yerik Samuel Bocanegra Osorio	3.80	4.50
Square-1	Ricardo Zapata Cruz	11.73	14.51
4×4 blindfolded	Samuel Martinez Sanchez	5:37.32	—
5×5 blindfolded	Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez	5:29.83	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez	24 of 30 cubes · 55:10	—

The PB harvest

75 set · 37 still standing

Juan Matias Solarte Villacis — Skewb single 2.15: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Juan Matias Solarte Villacis — Pyraminx single 2.46: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Samuel Martinez Sanchez — Skewb single 2.48: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Andres Alfaro — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Cano Salgado — Skewb single 2.92: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Juan Matias Solarte Villacis — 3×3 one-handed single 13.44: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Juan Sebastián Santacruz Carlosama — 3×3 single 9.36: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Juan Matias Solarte Villacis — 4×4 single 36.23: into the top 7.9% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 449 results · 17 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. Juan Matias Solarte Villacis 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.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.