Competitions · Ecuador

Ecuador Nationals 2022

Quito · 26 August 2022 · 17 events · 100 competitors · 124 personal bests

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won four of the 17 events (4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Rotem Kagan by 0.08 seconds. 100 competitors produced 124 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Raúl Gómez set the 2×2 single national record: 1.66.

Four wins

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, 5×5 blindfolded

0.08s

closest final — Pyraminx, Rotem Kagan over Gabriel Francisco Erazo Merino

124

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	9.24	10.07
2×2	Raúl Gómez	2.39	2.86
4×4	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	34.36	37.02
5×5	Ricardo Zapata Cruz	1:18.03	1:22.38
6×6	Ricardo Zapata Cruz	2:33.03	2:36.51
7×7	Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez	3:35.39	3:39.72
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	1:12.64	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Diego Alejandro Casas Jimenez	34 moves	43.67
3×3 one-handed	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	15.93	18.01
Clock	Ricardo Zapata Cruz	8.77	10.63
Megaminx	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	54.35	57.20
Pyraminx	Rotem Kagan	3.58	4.02
Skewb	Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez	4.58	5.37
Square-1	Ricardo Zapata Cruz	11.73	13.23
4×4 blindfolded	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	7:36.84	—
5×5 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	21:15.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	7 of 7 cubes · 31:51	—

The PB harvest

124 set · 41 still standing

Gabriel Francisco Erazo Merino — Pyraminx single 2.08: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides — Pyraminx single 2.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Anthony Gavilanes Coello — 3×3 single 8.34: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez — Skewb single 2.89: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Ethan Damien Tarco — Pyraminx single 3.43: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
David Ermel Campoverde Paredes — Skewb single 3.21: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
David Israel Chiguano Toapanta — 3×3 one-handed single 14.14: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Leonardo Miguel Viteri Cardenas — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

100 competitors · 617 results · 17 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. Caleb Salcedo Rivera won it with a 10.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.