Competitions · Ecuador

Cuenca Cubea 2023

Cuenca · 29 July 2023 · 7 events · 37 competitors · 34 personal bests

Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Josué Ordóñez by 0.24 seconds. 37 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 38 moves.

Four wins

Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Megaminx

0.24s

closest final — Pyraminx, Josué Ordóñez over Adrián Leandro Pazmiño Aldás

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	9.58	11.08
2×2	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	3.60	4.02
4×4	Josué Ordóñez	45.13	49.43
3×3 Fewest Moves	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	38 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Marcelo Martínez	21.73	22.60
Megaminx	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	1:14.51	1:16.90
Pyraminx	Josué Ordóñez	4.85	5.37

The PB harvest

34 set · 8 still standing

Eduardo Alejandro Díaz Ruano — 3×3 single 14.30: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
Ronmel Fabian Tenezaca Rios — 2×2 single 3.87: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.
David Alejandro Campozano Méndez — Pyraminx single 7.36: into the top 30.8% of the event's history.
David Alejandro Campozano Méndez — 2×2 single 5.04: into the top 39.8% of the event's history.
Mateo Gabriel Díaz Ruano — 3×3 single 25.69: into the top 54.1% of the event's history.
Ikiam Nawel Tisalema Medina — 3×3 single 31.47: into the top 65.0% of the event's history.
Lizeth Aldás — 2×2 single 9.85: into the top 77.4% of the event's history.
Ronmel Fabian Tenezaca Rios — 4×4 single 1:56.24: into the top 79.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 129 results · 7 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 Fernando Aldás Cuestas won it with a 11.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.