Competitions · Ecuador

Cuenca Open 2025

Cuenca · 26 July 2025 · 13 events · 35 competitors · 50 personal bests

Caleb Salcedo Rivera won seven of the 13 events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Pablo Sebastián Arévalo Barros by 0.02 seconds. 35 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Caleb Salcedo Rivera set the 6×6 single national record: 1:51.82.

Seven wins

Caleb Salcedo Rivera — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Pablo Sebastián Arévalo Barros over Caleb Salcedo Rivera

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Pablo Sebastián Arévalo Barros	8.80	10.13
2×2	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	2.86	3.33
4×4	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	30.09	33.02
5×5	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	1:07.28	1:12.96
6×6	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	1:51.82	2:09.69
7×7	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	3:06.58	3:23.21
3×3 Fewest Moves	Pablo Sebastián Flores Peralta	38 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	14.59	16.85
Clock	Pablo Sebastián Flores Peralta	6.20	8.28
Megaminx	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	48.04	49.91
Pyraminx	Pablo Alejandro Herrera Verdugo	5.28	7.12
Skewb	Samir Felipe Espinoza Landivar	3.41	4.61
Square-1	Pablo Sebastián Flores Peralta	14.42	17.11

The PB harvest

50 set · 21 still standing

Caleb Salcedo Rivera — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas — Clock single 5.42: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Abril Cabezas Moreno — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Samir Felipe Espinoza Landivar — Skewb single 3.41: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Caleb Salcedo Rivera — 6×6 single 1:51.82: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Pablo Sebastián Arévalo Barros — Pyraminx single 4.21: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Samir Felipe Espinoza Landivar — Pyraminx single 4.31: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Luis Sigcho — 3×3 single 10.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

35 competitors · 229 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. Pablo Sebastián Arévalo Barros won it with a 10.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

35 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.