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Ecuador Nationals 2023

Ambato · 1 September 2023 · 17 events · 107 competitors · 153 personal bests

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won four of the 17 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña by 0.24 seconds. 107 competitors produced 153 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dereck Estrada set the 3×3 single national record: 7.07.

Four wins

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña over Raúl Gómez

153

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	8.18	9.18
2×2	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	2.04	2.49
4×4	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	30.36	33.76
5×5	Dereck Estrada	1:01.89	1:10.78
6×6	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	2:15.38	2:19.08
7×7	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	2:50.03	3:25.18
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	1:19.86	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Hugo Enrique Rosales López	32 moves	36.67
3×3 one-handed	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	17.97	18.56
Clock	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	10.27	11.18
Megaminx	Caleb Salcedo Rivera	49.07	54.68
Pyraminx	Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides	3.35	4.68
Skewb	Alex Loor	4.35	5.16
Square-1	Samuel Israel León Rocha	15.78	17.09
4×4 blindfolded	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	6:57.96	—
5×5 blindfolded	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	25:03.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	10 of 10 cubes · 41:17	—

The PB harvest

153 set · 51 still standing

Alex Loor — 2×2 single 1.79: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Thomas Araujo — Pyraminx single 3.88: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides — 3×3 one-handed single 14.60: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Carlos Mario Ortiz Alay — Pyraminx single 3.98: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Alex Loor — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Jean Carlos Echeverría Jácome — Pyraminx single 4.29: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Jaime Israel Andrade Rosero — Pyraminx single 4.39: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Ronny Morocho — 3×3 single 10.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

107 competitors · 646 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. Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won it with a 9.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.