Competitions · Ecuador

Cuenca Open SDC 2023

Cuenca · 25 February 2023 · 7 events · 39 competitors · 36 personal bests

Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Achilles Standring by 0.23 seconds. 39 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Achilles Standring took a 2×2 single of 6.49 down to 2.84, 56 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.23s

closest final — 2×2, Achilles Standring over Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	11.59	13.53
2×2	Achilles Standring	2.84	4.32
4×4	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	43.62	50.76
3×3 blindfolded	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	1:18.27	1:27.80
3×3 one-handed	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	23.72	24.99
Pyraminx	Adrián Leandro Pazmiño Aldás	3.30	4.75
Skewb	Josué Ordóñez	4.16	6.15

The PB harvest

36 set · 6 still standing

Josué Ordóñez — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Bryam Gutiérrez — 3×3 single 12.34: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Bryam Gutiérrez — 2×2 single 4.62: into the top 34.5% of the event's history.
Bryam Gutiérrez — 4×4 single 1:06.35: into the top 43.2% of the event's history.
Axel Robert Honores Ríos — 3×3 single 23.98: into the top 50.3% of the event's history.
Josué Ordóñez — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:55.75: into the top 51.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

39 competitors · 148 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 13.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

39 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.