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Competitions · El Salvador

Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024

San Salvador · 22 September 2024 · 7 events · 62 competitors · 33 personal bests

Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga won two of the seven events (3×3, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez by 0.10 seconds. 62 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

José Eduardo Palacios Castro set the 3×3 single national record: 6.63.

Two wins
Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga — 3×3, 6×6
0.10s
closest final — Skewb, Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez over José Eduardo Palacios Castro
33
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga8.048.42
6×6Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga1:45.812:01.85
3×3 blindfoldedGabriel Barrios20.19
MegaminxJuan Jose Ajcam43.5346.87
PyraminxAngelo Melgar3.423.85
SkewbShalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez4.666.26
Square-1Daniel Escobar16.1918.60

The PB harvest

33 set · 14 still standing

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

62 competitors · 225 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. Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga won it with a 8.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.