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Competitions · Venezuela

Cubing in Barquisimeto 2023

Barquisimeto, Lara · 8 July 2023 · 4 events · 21 competitors · 15 personal bests

Bernardo Torres won four of the four events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Bernardo Torres by 1.08 seconds. 21 competitors produced 15 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bernardo Torres set the 4×4 single national record: 27.80.

Four wins
Bernardo Torres — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
1.08s
closest final — 4×4, Bernardo Torres over Louis Rodriguez Guerrero
15
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bernardo Torres7.908.30
4×4Bernardo Torres27.8032.61
5×5Bernardo Torres59.771:07.70
3×3 one-handedBernardo Torres14.3617.00

The PB harvest

15 set · 3 still standing
  • Zi Lin Wu — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
  • Ronald Garcia — 3×3 single 14.91: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
  • Enrymar Cisneros — 3×3 one-handed single 34.40: into the top 56.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

21 competitors · 65 results · 4 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. Bernardo Torres won it with a 8.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

21 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.